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> How do you do 'anything' as a society? Usually by outsourcing it to some government regulatory agency > that wouldn't mean normal people would understand
by ffgjgf1 2y ago
> How do you do 'anything' as a society?
Usually by outsourcing it to some government regulatory agency
> that wouldn't mean normal people would understand
That’s fine, some people would and be able to explain it to others who care (minimizing the likelihood of misinformation since it would be easy to verify)
> understands exactly how your favourite filesystem works in the fully disclosed Linux kernel
Because it doesn’t really matter. Almost all people are entirely unaffected by this and have no reason to care
> Just don't use the services that seem to have rankings policies you disagree with.
Right.. doesn’t work with oligopolies/monopolies. Do you think Bing is much better? No? Well..that’s that.
- eru 2y ago> Right.. doesn’t work with oligopolies/monopolies. Do you think Bing is much better? No? Well..that’s that. Barrier to entry have never been lower. Both over time, and also compared to most other industries. If you don't like any of the offerings on the market, perhaps your tastes are just not wildly shared? (And if they are, but underserved, that's a lucrative niche for a new company!)
- ffgjgf1 2y agoNo, the barriers to entry in this case are extremely high. Higher or about as high as they ever were. You’d be trying to compete against products into the development of which two of the biggest global corporations have invested billions over the years. Eve MS itself could barely dent Google’s market share…