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> The jurisdiction stuff is disturbing. Having separate rules/rulings for Belgium, Turkey, Venezuela, etc... It's (a) not practical and will end up helping incu
by the_mitsuhiko 9y ago
> The jurisdiction stuff is disturbing. Having separate rules/rulings for Belgium, Turkey, Venezuela, etc... It's (a) not practical and will end up helping incumbents
I don’t think so. Only really large corporations are able to serve all areas anyways. Most small companies in the world already cannot afford to serve multiple jurisdictions.
- dbajakkchs 9y agoIsn’t serving multiple jurisdictions the default online? You have to go out of your way to treat them differently.
- SentientNo4 9y agoIf you run a blog, yes, the global nature of Internet ensures that. If you're running a business, you must abide the law of every jurisdiction you operate in. Companies invest lots of money and effort doing this, from operational (having a physical presence in each region) to technical (e.g. how Amazon has separate sites for each region).
- dalbasal 9y agoI disagree. The internet changes this, internationalizes a lot. Also, thinking of this as "companies serving markets" is (imo) a bad frame. HN is serving all countries right now, as it did when there were 54 people reading it the day it launched. Geographic borders may be relevant online, but they may not.
- madshiva 9y agoif internet internationalizes, why US still use retard units? US and other SF startup have put too much pressure with privacy, it's now the time of payback.