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> I'm not sure how to fix this Antitrust regulatory enforcement.

• chii 3y ago
  it's a bit broad to just say "antitrust regulations". You don't want to discourage success. You want to discourage gatekeeping. If consumers choose one company overwhelmingly over another, leading to a "monopoly", it's not antitrust worthy enough to break up. If the company changes the landscape by making rules, protocols and standards with their products such that others cannot compete, then yes, antitrust would need to come in. Therefore, it's a judgement, rather than a set of rules. And it is in this judgement that one must foster.
• jjmarr 3y ago
  You can't regulate away the physical cost of building millions of miles of fibre optics cables or a trillion dollar semiconductor fabrication plant. There are many barriers to entry that aren't created by companies or governments.
  • DrJokepu 3y ago
    The fiber optic cables you can definitely regulate. You can make a law that prohibits owners of last mile fiber optic cables from operating retail ISPs and that they are required to allow any retail ISP to lease their last mile infrastructure. I’m not advocating for this solution, I’m just saying that it’s possible.
  • tomrod 3y ago
    Fiber is not the only medium available for transfer, and an unregulated vertical monopoly is not the only utility business model.