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The problem isn't doing the math, it's only doing the math based on the company's incentives. If it were instead: multiply by the average cost to society, C. A
by smallnamespace 8y ago
The problem isn't doing the math, it's only doing the math based on the company's incentives.
If it were instead: multiply by the average cost to society, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one., then this is probably the best you can do (if you're a utilitarian)
On the other hand, society does have a responsibility to make sure the incentives on the company reflect what is actually important.
- pjmlp 8y agoWe do, that is when we decide to buy stuff from someone else.
- rbanffy 8y agoAnd all my Magsafe bricks around the house won't help Apple selling me a new MacBook in the future.
- swozey 8y agoJust went through this and donglegate. The one saving grace is I can now charge my Android phone from my laptop charger and the cable is removable and USB. Now I just need to get rid of my other 40 microUSB devices. Course now I'm worried about voltage regulation and plugging in something and zapping it but I'm assuming USB-C has safeguards in place. As in plugging my headphones into my laptop charger brick via USB-C, etc. I think we might finally hit a point in time where everything starts to be USB powered and not proprietary cables plugging into bricks (ha yeah right).
- mcintyre1994 8y agoCan't plug an iPhone into it though.. and unless they've switched it up since I bought mine you get a USB-A to lightning cable, so you can't plug it into the laptop either without a dongle. :)
- golergka 8y agoWe do exactly that when the judges decide on the monetary amount of fines. So, in the end, I don't see a problem with these calculations from a utilitarian perspective.