3 ms·
>you are not theoretically in competition with companies that don’t protect themselves against fire because it’s mandatory to do so (in many countries). But in
by Aerroon 5y ago
>you are not theoretically in competition with companies that don’t protect themselves against fire because it’s mandatory to do so (in many countries).
But in practice you can be. Companies can get away with not following regulations for a long time. This isn't all too uncommon in the restaurant business.
Regulations need to be cheap and easy to follow. Otherwise they'll be skirted here and there. Yes, businesses will get in trouble for not following them, but if enforcement isn't on top of most of the violations then you'll just create a system where everyone ends up skirting the rules.
- pjerem 5y agoI do agree with your point. However, I feel like regulations & norms tends to work over time. If security became a mandatory thing, single actors will of course be slow to invest, but the industry by itself will adapt by easing the adaptation to regulation. For example, in fire safety, it’s now harder to build a non fireproof building because nobody will build that since building technics are now fully integrating this issue. Your local web agency may not do a lot more effort to backup its data due to regulation, but you can imagine that its hosting provider would be able to provide a cheap and friendly backup solution thanks to this becoming mandatory. It’s just my thoughts.
- Aerroon 5y agoThis is very true! And that's part of what I was going for - if it's cheap enough then people will use them.