Much as I love Ben Thompson, this is rearranging the deck chairs while the Titanic is sinking. Or maybe arguing about which dinner fork the gorilla should use w

Much as I love Ben Thompson, this is rearranging the deck chairs while the Titanic is sinking. Or maybe arguing about which dinner fork the gorilla should use while it's eating you. Treat the App Store like any other modern open market. Apply real world market rules to all these digital markets. - rule of law. contracts, civil, business, etc. - fair and impartial judiciary - right of appeal - regulations to ensure equal footing of participants - tort Etc. Voila, fixed. A bit more discipline is needed to rationalize Google, Facebook, and Amazon. Starting with no self-dealing (conflicts of interest). And the social networks need particular mitigations to deweaponize their outrage engine feedback loops. This is all pretty simple, obvious stuff. Seriously, am I the only person whose read books like The Mystery of Capital? Why are so many self-proclaimed capitalists so painfully oblivious to liberal and neoliberal traditions?