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>I am more and more certain that there need to be strict legal blocks Sure. More regulation. Just what we need. Well known to solve every problem known to man.

VikingCoder 8y ago
Smarter regulation is better than dumber regulation. And some things need regulation. You're engaging in a slippery slope argument, and I hope no one buys in to your point of view.
matchbok 8y ago
Most of the time, the only people who complain about regulation are big-money corporate interests and those who are too uninformed to reason otherwise.
- Matticus_Rex 8y ago
  While I agree that both those groups complain about regulation, people who study the effects of regulation also complain about regulation because there's a large literature on how counterproductive many intuitive-seeming types of regulation actually are.
  - mijamo 8y ago
    Many people who study the effect of regulation SUPPORT regulation in general, and shows its bad effect in a few cases.
- rayiner 8y ago
  Lots of ordinary people complain about regulation. One of the top stories on HN right now is a StrongTowns article. What do you think it’s complaining about? The whole new urbanism movement is a reaction to decades of bad regulation. Bad regulation hurts consumers. Ticket prices plummeted after airlines were deregulated. FedEx and UPS and (eventually) Amazon sprang to life after freight was deregulated. Conversely lack of regulation has enabled great products. Restrictions on vertical integration, for example, would have precluded the most popular mobile phone product lines on the market (Samsung Galaxy and Apple iPhone).
  - function_seven 8y ago
    > Restrictions on vertical integration, for example, would have precluded the most popular mobile phone product lines on the market (Samsung Galaxy and Apple iPhone). It was my understanding that Apple had to fight against a different kind of vertical integration to get the iPhone off the ground. Before that came out, the carriers ruled your phone with an iron fist. They determined what apps could run and so on. (And the AT&T exclusive during the first years of iPhone show what they had to give up to get the device released) This isn't disagreeing with the general point of your comment, mind you. The vertical just shifted from carrier control to device maker control.
- harryh 8y ago
  Zoning regulations that make it illegal to build new housing in major cities is perhaps the biggest problem in America today.
mikestew 8y ago
I'll agree to the first part of your statement, but I'll correct the last: regulation has solved many, many problems known to man, but not every problem. Let's not be hyperbolic here.
- luhn 8y ago
  I think he was being sarcastic.
  - mikestew 8y ago
    I've looked at the HN guidelines, but I'm still confused: is it okay to appropriate Slashdot culture here? Because: whoosh.
unethical_ban 8y ago
Yes. The best government puts in regulations when necessary, with the minimum of side effects.

VikingCoder 8y ago

Smarter regulation is better than dumber regulation. And some things need regulation. You're engaging in a slippery slope argument, and I hope no one buys in to your point of view.

matchbok 8y ago

Most of the time, the only people who complain about regulation are big-money corporate interests and those who are too uninformed to reason otherwise.

Matticus_Rex 8y ago
While I agree that both those groups complain about regulation, people who study the effects of regulation also complain about regulation because there's a large literature on how counterproductive many intuitive-seeming types of regulation actually are.
- mijamo 8y ago
  Many people who study the effect of regulation SUPPORT regulation in general, and shows its bad effect in a few cases.
rayiner 8y ago
Lots of ordinary people complain about regulation. One of the top stories on HN right now is a StrongTowns article. What do you think it’s complaining about? The whole new urbanism movement is a reaction to decades of bad regulation. Bad regulation hurts consumers. Ticket prices plummeted after airlines were deregulated. FedEx and UPS and (eventually) Amazon sprang to life after freight was deregulated. Conversely lack of regulation has enabled great products. Restrictions on vertical integration, for example, would have precluded the most popular mobile phone product lines on the market (Samsung Galaxy and Apple iPhone).
- function_seven 8y ago
  > Restrictions on vertical integration, for example, would have precluded the most popular mobile phone product lines on the market (Samsung Galaxy and Apple iPhone). It was my understanding that Apple had to fight against a different kind of vertical integration to get the iPhone off the ground. Before that came out, the carriers ruled your phone with an iron fist. They determined what apps could run and so on. (And the AT&T exclusive during the first years of iPhone show what they had to give up to get the device released) This isn't disagreeing with the general point of your comment, mind you. The vertical just shifted from carrier control to device maker control.
harryh 8y ago
Zoning regulations that make it illegal to build new housing in major cities is perhaps the biggest problem in America today.

mikestew 8y ago

I'll agree to the first part of your statement, but I'll correct the last: regulation has solved many, many problems known to man, but not every problem. Let's not be hyperbolic here.

luhn 8y ago
I think he was being sarcastic.
- mikestew 8y ago
  I've looked at the HN guidelines, but I'm still confused: is it okay to appropriate Slashdot culture here? Because: whoosh.

unethical_ban 8y ago

Yes. The best government puts in regulations when necessary, with the minimum of side effects.