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Name one specific(!) regulation that has so far stopped you (or anyone else) from offering a Facebook competitor with better privacy.
by IAmEveryone 9y ago
Name one specific(!) regulation that has so far stopped you (or anyone else) from offering a Facebook competitor with better privacy.
- nickpp 9y agoI don't know any. And the fact that no competitor with better privacy came along makes me wonder if the public really values privacy as you or me do. But that is not how the regulatory burden kills startups. It's not one specific thing: it's the sum of all of them. Have you started a startup? I have, and I can tell you the toughest part of that was before even deciding! The very though of leaving my cushy job and colleagues kept up at night. Every single fear of some bureaucratic burden I had to obey (on top of technical and marketing challenges) pushed the balance to "no". Every rumor, every tax, every rule I heard about pushed me think this was a bad idea. Any extra task which in itself seems harmless can break the proverbial camel's back...