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sorry but implying this is all done in bad faith is ridiculous. unless you just the only producer of a widget your profits are dictated by how well your market
by Shivetya 10y ago
sorry but implying this is all done in bad faith is ridiculous. unless you just the only producer of a widget your profits are dictated by how well your market your product, how good your product is, and how your pricing compares. robotics reduces your costs after the initial investment is accounted for. prices do drop or remain steady, rarely do prices go up and much of that can be accounted for in increased regulation or embedded taxes
the only winners when government takes over an industry are politicians and those they choose to administer the industry.
- delegate 10y ago> government takes over an industry The coloured glasses that everyone wears these days is costing me karma... to hell with it. Please re-read my post. Open sourcing robot schematics and software has nothing to do with government taking over. It means that hackers everywhere will be able to study and improve said robots and maybe build a version of the factory in some poor place on the other side of the world or maybe on another planet. As far as finding the capital, building the things and running them - that's the responsibility of whoever wants to assume that risk, as always.
- meanduck 10y agoThough this part does suggest some govt strong arming. > be highly encouraged (tax benefits etc) Also note that many (including me) believe that taxes are already non-consensual and extortion by Govts.