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It'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
by shiroiuma 3y ago
It'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.