3 ms·
I wish the US would get its act together on stuff like this but it’s too busy getting campaign funds from such schemes
by bfrog 3y ago
I wish the US would get its act together on stuff like this but it’s too busy getting campaign funds from such schemes
- shiroiuma 3y agoIt's not just that; the US just doesn't believe much in regulating businesses, even if they're demonstrably harming society. They really believe "The Invisible Hand" will make everything better in the end.
- Jensson 3y ago> the US just doesn't believe much in regulating businesses The US has tons of strange regulations like banning car manufacturers from selling cars themselves without a middleman or dictating what kind of showerheads are allowed to be sold.
- mozman 3y agoFun fact: most showerheads can easily be modified to allow maximum water flow rates. 30 seconds and a pair of pliers is often all it takes.
- shiroiuma 3y agoThe US is nothing if not inconsistent. The car-selling thing is due to state laws, not federal, and really the result of corruption: the dealerships are politically connected. The showerhead thing is due to environmentalism, so the US does sometimes make regulations with that impetus. There's no environmental aspect to banning targeted advertisements; it's purely social.
- layer8 3y ago> There's no environmental aspect to banning targeted advertisements; it's purely social. Arguably, the process of targeted advertisements consumes more power.
- hackideiomat 3y agoLook at your adblock stats. Now imagine most of these scripts probably would have loaded even more stuff if you didn't block them. Depending on the sites I visit, I have like 30% of my web traffic removed. AdBlock is an environmental thing! And true, I don't wanna know how much these "real time bidding on ad space" things cost to operate, energy wise.
- LMYahooTFY 3y agoThat's what a politician might say, but there is an absurd amount of regulation in most industries. What it results in is debatable.
- 127 3y agoIt's worse than that: the US makes laws based on who pays them the most.
- fallingknife 3y agoHas nothing to do with campaign contributions. The government likes it that the data exists, because if it does, that means they can access it.
- alkonaut 3y agoYeah I don't think there is much hope there so long as corporations are donors to political campaigns (Something that still looks weird when I type it, but presumably doesn't sound strange to a US person).
- xctr94 3y agoSadly, it’s not exclusive to the US. In Brussels we might jokingly dismiss the lobbyists and their think tanks, but they fund politicians just the same; but admittedly via non-profits and other more intricate schemes. I’m very proud of some EU accomplishments, but we’re mired in lobbying too.