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I'm confused. You're blaming humanity because a marketplace developed following the scarcity of a commodity? Why was any of this bad behavior? I'm genuinely con
by amingilani 7y ago
I'm confused. You're blaming humanity because a marketplace developed following the scarcity of a commodity? Why was any of this bad behavior? I'm genuinely confused.
- MereInterest 7y agoHe's blaming humanity for maintaining a commodity as scarce, rather than working to alleviate the scarcity.
- mbesto 7y agoHere's my take - creating a marketplace where a sole actor has control over a scarce resource (IP addresses) is exactly why anti-trust exists. A true marketplace assumes there is competition. How do you have competition when the underlying resource (1) has a clearly understood finite number (2) is controlled by one entity and (3) can't be differentiated in any way (e.g. 10.0.0.0/8 has no differentiated intrinsic or extrinsic value over 11.0.0.0/8).
- wmf 7y agoIn what sense are IP addresses controlled by one entity? IANA isn't setting prices.
- londons_explore 7y agoIf IANA were profit-seeking, they would rent rather than allocate addresses, and force people to pay $10 per IP per year, and roll in the billions of dollars they'd collect.