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You can't effectively legislate competition, but you can legislate monopoly behavior. And I think it would be a hard sell to convince me that saying "If you ru
by ethbr0 5y ago
You can't effectively legislate competition, but you can legislate monopoly behavior.
And I think it would be a hard sell to convince me that saying "If you run a company with greater than Y users / market share / etc. then you must offer a paid option that optionally disables all tracking."
- GDC7 5y agoNo, I don't think you can. You can't legislate luck which spurred the monopoly. You'd just move the problem elsewhere (eg. in another sector of the economy or within government)
- ethbr0 5y agoThat's a risk, but not a fundamental limitation. The government can mandate whatever is within the bounds of the laws its passed (and its constitution). Unintended consequences are a reason to wield power judiciously and incrementally, not a reason to avoid wielding it at all.