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meh, it is just an executive regulation that will go away the next time the party in power changes if it isn't shot down in court first. it doesn't help my ske

meh, it is just an executive regulation that will go away the next time the party in power changes if it isn't shot down in court first. it doesn't help my skepticism that these sort of people/consumer first policies don't come out of these administrations until it is election time. They could have done this years ago but why if they couldn't benefit as well?

coldpie 2y ago
The FTC has been on a bit of a tear since Khan was appointed in 2021. I guess this one finally made it through the paperwork now. Sort by date here to see a bunch of tech-related stuff they've done under this admin: https://arstechnica.com/search/?q=ftc https://arstechnica.com/search/?q=ftc
- macinjosh 2y ago
  lol, ok. I don't know what a "tear" is but everything listed there is either a lawsuit or news that a court struck down their policy. I don't see other policies like this one. Also check the dates, way off. haha
  - jodrellblank 2y ago
    https://grammarist.com/idiom/on-a-tear/ https://grammarist.com/idiom/on-a-tear/ - "On a tear means someone is in a state of energetic activity, often with a hint of recklessness or enthusiasm, usually after a period of quiet or inactivity." Tear like rip, torn, shredding, not like cry.
fckgw 2y ago
The FTC has been doing a ton of stuff the last 4 years, you just haven't been paying attention.
- macinjosh 2y ago
  Such a long list you've shared. Besides lawsuits and policies already struck down what pro-consumer policy have the enacted prior to Nov 2023 (the start of the presidential election)
  - invaderzirp 2y ago
    Please stop spamming this conspiracy theory. It devalues the discourse. Thank you.
rsynnott 2y ago
> meh, it is just an executive regulation that will go away the next time the party in power changes if it isn't shot down in court first. As a general rule, it is _way harder_ to make things worse than to make things better, politically, especially where it is clear to the average person that you are making things worse, and this is something that most normal people will regard as making things better. Now, you could argue that net neutrality was also one of these, but net neutrality is, to the layperson, fairly obscure, and easy for a government who wants to get rid of it to lie about. This rule isn't at all obscure, most people have personal experience of the problem it solves, and it would be virtually impossible to spin revoking it as a good thing. > it doesn't help my skepticism that these sort of people/consumer first policies don't come out of these administrations until it is election time. This is, more or less, just a problem with the American system of government; so much of the civil service is appointees that every four to eight years there is a period where everyone at the top of the organisation changes, causing everything to grind to a halt for a while.

coldpie 2y ago

The FTC has been on a bit of a tear since Khan was appointed in 2021. I guess this one finally made it through the paperwork now. Sort by date here to see a bunch of tech-related stuff they've done under this admin: https://arstechnica.com/search/?q=ftc https://arstechnica.com/search/?q=ftc

macinjosh 2y ago
lol, ok. I don't know what a "tear" is but everything listed there is either a lawsuit or news that a court struck down their policy. I don't see other policies like this one. Also check the dates, way off. haha
- jodrellblank 2y ago
  https://grammarist.com/idiom/on-a-tear/ https://grammarist.com/idiom/on-a-tear/ - "On a tear means someone is in a state of energetic activity, often with a hint of recklessness or enthusiasm, usually after a period of quiet or inactivity." Tear like rip, torn, shredding, not like cry.

fckgw 2y ago

The FTC has been doing a ton of stuff the last 4 years, you just haven't been paying attention.

macinjosh 2y ago
Such a long list you've shared. Besides lawsuits and policies already struck down what pro-consumer policy have the enacted prior to Nov 2023 (the start of the presidential election)
- invaderzirp 2y ago
  Please stop spamming this conspiracy theory. It devalues the discourse. Thank you.

rsynnott 2y ago

> meh, it is just an executive regulation that will go away the next time the party in power changes if it isn't shot down in court first. As a general rule, it is _way harder_ to make things worse than to make things better, politically, especially where it is clear to the average person that you are making things worse, and this is something that most normal people will regard as making things better. Now, you could argue that net neutrality was also one of these, but net neutrality is, to the layperson, fairly obscure, and easy for a government who wants to get rid of it to lie about. This rule isn't at all obscure, most people have personal experience of the problem it solves, and it would be virtually impossible to spin revoking it as a good thing. > it doesn't help my skepticism that these sort of people/consumer first policies don't come out of these administrations until it is election time. This is, more or less, just a problem with the American system of government; so much of the civil service is appointees that every four to eight years there is a period where everyone at the top of the organisation changes, causing everything to grind to a halt for a while.