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So then all the measurements are relative but at least there is an equal and measurable baseline? I’m not for regulating technology though because it’s by defi
by taf2 9y ago
So then all the measurements are relative but at least there is an equal and measurable baseline? I’m not for regulating technology though because it’s by definition not set in stone. What might have been reasonable to measure in the 80s is out of touch with how it might be measured today. Ideally we outlaw deals that restrict competition that allows monopolies in the first place
- rayiner 9y ago> So then all the measurements are relative but at least there is an equal and measurable baseline? But the baseline measure may not be useful to the customer. In the laptop example: much of the advance in "web browsing battery life" in the last several years has come from lower idle power usage, or being able to reach idle more quickly. An Ivy Bridge Core i5 laptop and a Kaby Lake Core i5 laptop may actually get similar "full load" battery life, but the Kaby Lake model might last twice as long for web browsing or general office use. Reporting the "full load" battery life will actually mislead the consumer about the typical battery life of the two laptops. Likewise, if you sell a gigabit cable connection with a 1 terabyte cap as a "3 mbps" connection, then you're misleading the customer about whether that's fast enough to do things like download an iTunes movie in a reasonable time, use a VPN into their work network, etc. Ironically, you might do more consumer harm by effectively upselling consumers to buy "faster" connections than they need.