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> I honestly don't know how television got such strict laws and regulations on children's programming, when viewed in comparison to the complete wild west, that

> I honestly don't know how television got such strict laws and regulations on children's programming, when viewed in comparison to the complete wild west, that is the modern app store. With time and pressure. Right now you have a fun new technology which people are still infatuated with, bought by one of the biggest companies to ever exist, in a country which openly permits business-to-politician payments through lobbying. The wild west won't look anything like it does 50 years from now

astrange 3y ago
No, it's because television was regulated as a tradeoff for using the limited resource of airwaves, but there isn't a limited resource of internet connections to game servers. > in a country which openly permits business-to-politician payments through lobbying. It's actually amazing how good of a tell this is. Nobody who says this ever knows anything about politics. I'm sorry, but politicians actually genuinely believe in most of the stuff they do you don't like, and so do their voters.
- willsmith72 3y ago
  If you believe an entity has the ability to use funds to influence public policy, we agree. If you don't, you could let them know and save them billions of USD per year.
  - astrange 3y ago
    Do you have evidence for this claim?
    - willsmith72 3y ago
      The claim that an entity has the ability to use funds to influence public policy?
      - astrange 3y ago
        That they spend billions on it. But yes, that too, because even when they try it doesn't work. Here's today's election results in SC where the billionaire-backed* candidate got 1.4%. https://x.com/armanddoma/status/1753947901972418952 https://x.com/armanddoma/status/1753947901972418952 * morally, not financially, since you can't really do that unlike what people think
        willsmith72 3y ago
        it's not a secret that mega companies use huge amount of funds on lobbying to influence politics e.g. amazon in 2023, 19.8m USD https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/top-spenders https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/top-spenders it's not like america is alone in this, they just have gigantic dollar figures. australia is a country which really struggles to move away from fossil fuels, and it also has gigantic coal-mining companies paying huge amounts to keep it that way https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-16797862 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-16797862 https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/23/apple-ramped-up-lobbying-spending-in-2022-outpacing-tech-peers.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/23/apple-ramped-up-lobbying-spe... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/09/big-meat-dairy-lobbyists-turn-out-record-numbers-cop28 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/09/big-meat...
        astrange 3y ago
        > it's not a secret that mega companies use huge amount of funds on lobbying to influence politics Companies also spend billions on marketing. But there's no reason to believe either of these things actually /work/. And lobbying is not giving money to politicians.

astrange 3y ago

No, it's because television was regulated as a tradeoff for using the limited resource of airwaves, but there isn't a limited resource of internet connections to game servers. > in a country which openly permits business-to-politician payments through lobbying. It's actually amazing how good of a tell this is. Nobody who says this ever knows anything about politics. I'm sorry, but politicians actually genuinely believe in most of the stuff they do you don't like, and so do their voters.

willsmith72 3y ago
If you believe an entity has the ability to use funds to influence public policy, we agree. If you don't, you could let them know and save them billions of USD per year.
- astrange 3y ago
  Do you have evidence for this claim?
  - willsmith72 3y ago
    The claim that an entity has the ability to use funds to influence public policy?
    - astrange 3y ago
      That they spend billions on it. But yes, that too, because even when they try it doesn't work. Here's today's election results in SC where the billionaire-backed* candidate got 1.4%. https://x.com/armanddoma/status/1753947901972418952 https://x.com/armanddoma/status/1753947901972418952 * morally, not financially, since you can't really do that unlike what people think
      - willsmith72 3y ago
        it's not a secret that mega companies use huge amount of funds on lobbying to influence politics e.g. amazon in 2023, 19.8m USD https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/top-spenders https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/top-spenders it's not like america is alone in this, they just have gigantic dollar figures. australia is a country which really struggles to move away from fossil fuels, and it also has gigantic coal-mining companies paying huge amounts to keep it that way https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-16797862 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-16797862 https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/23/apple-ramped-up-lobbying-spending-in-2022-outpacing-tech-peers.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/23/apple-ramped-up-lobbying-spe... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/09/big-meat-dairy-lobbyists-turn-out-record-numbers-cop28 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/09/big-meat...
        astrange 3y ago
        > it's not a secret that mega companies use huge amount of funds on lobbying to influence politics Companies also spend billions on marketing. But there's no reason to believe either of these things actually /work/. And lobbying is not giving money to politicians.