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That sounds like a classic example of doing something and making the situation worse (aka almost every regulation ever) If advertising providers were de jure a
by Ferret7446 3y ago
That sounds like a classic example of doing something and making the situation worse (aka almost every regulation ever)
If advertising providers were de jure and de facto liable for fraud, then that will raise the bar for competing advertising providers, as if Google wasn't enough of a monopoly.
Regulation almost universally benefits established players and stifles competition, which is why a lot of regulation is (secretly) backed by large companies. (Note that I'm not saying that regulation never hurts large companies, and regulation can hurt both large companies and small companies/society.)
- wedernoch 3y ago> That sounds like a classic example of doing something and making the situation worse (aka almost every regulation ever) Such a weird take.. without regulation we would still have child labor, slave labor, cancer causing shit in basically everything, no seatbelts, even worse corruption in politics and companies, .. list goes on ..
- sausagefeet 3y agoIt is true that some regulation is meant to thwart competition and keep entrenched players in power. However it is pretty far to say "almost every regulation ever". Would you prefer to live in an age where anyone can sell a tincture on the sidewalk that claims to cure any ailment? Would you prefer to have the food you put in your mouth be a gamble on its quality? Would you prefer companies be able to dump their poisonous waste anywhere they want? We don't have to be on the side of 100% regulation is good but I hope we can see that a lot of regulation is actually making the world we live in liveable.
- lores 3y ago"Fraud should be allowed, otherwise small companies can't rely on it to become big" is QUITE the take.
- galaxyLogic 3y agoIt's simply a question of fraud. Fraud is a crime. And aiding and abetting to commit a crime is a crime as well.