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Road to hell, good intentions etc... Does it need to be a regulation? Silly regulations is what made South Korea entirely dependent on Internet Explorer.

honr 13y ago
The regulation you mention here is certainly outdated NOW, but when it was passed it was a very pragmatic decision. The anti-bloatware law is more than welcome, because competition keeps failing to reach the desired outcome. Regulations are exactly the right thing to do when competition and market fundamentally fails to reach what constitutes sanity, and converges to a local minimum. Needless to say, such regulations should certainly be revisited when the root cause vanishes.
- vinkelhake 13y ago
  I'm sure they had the best intentions when the use of SEED was mandated. They had a cryptographic solution that was superior for a while. The repercussions of this, however, is a country that is entirely dependent on Internet Explorer. The damage has already been done. Has the market really failed in this regard? Can the Koreans not buy Android or iOS devices that are free from uninstallable bloatware? What about upcoming Ubuntu or Mozilla handsets, will they too be filled with uninstallable bloatware? I understand that some people see this bloatware as a huge problem, but people should think very hard before calling out for regulations.
aluhut 13y ago
So only because some regulations were/are bad, all regulations are bad? Come on...
acdha 13y ago
You're engaging in the Libertarian vice with the simplistic assumption that all regulations are created equal: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2006/08/the_libertarian.html http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2006/08/the... South Korea chose to mandate a technology rather than the desired outcome and never to update that law. They could alternatively have mandated multi-factor authentication or even simply made banks liable for any fraudulent transaction without any discussion of technology at all. These are all regulations but would affect the market in very different ways.
- vinkelhake 13y ago
  No, I don't think all regulations are created equal, but thanks for playing. I have no problem with regulations in general. From the start here I said "silly regulations". Trying to combat bloatware by simply banning them is, in my opinion, silly. Even if you establish that this problem is so big that the government needs to get involved, there are other tools at their disposal. Tax incentives is one such tool.

honr 13y ago

The regulation you mention here is certainly outdated NOW, but when it was passed it was a very pragmatic decision. The anti-bloatware law is more than welcome, because competition keeps failing to reach the desired outcome. Regulations are exactly the right thing to do when competition and market fundamentally fails to reach what constitutes sanity, and converges to a local minimum. Needless to say, such regulations should certainly be revisited when the root cause vanishes.

vinkelhake 13y ago
I'm sure they had the best intentions when the use of SEED was mandated. They had a cryptographic solution that was superior for a while. The repercussions of this, however, is a country that is entirely dependent on Internet Explorer. The damage has already been done. Has the market really failed in this regard? Can the Koreans not buy Android or iOS devices that are free from uninstallable bloatware? What about upcoming Ubuntu or Mozilla handsets, will they too be filled with uninstallable bloatware? I understand that some people see this bloatware as a huge problem, but people should think very hard before calling out for regulations.

aluhut 13y ago

So only because some regulations were/are bad, all regulations are bad? Come on...

acdha 13y ago

You're engaging in the Libertarian vice with the simplistic assumption that all regulations are created equal: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2006/08/the_libertarian.html http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2006/08/the... South Korea chose to mandate a technology rather than the desired outcome and never to update that law. They could alternatively have mandated multi-factor authentication or even simply made banks liable for any fraudulent transaction without any discussion of technology at all. These are all regulations but would affect the market in very different ways.

vinkelhake 13y ago
No, I don't think all regulations are created equal, but thanks for playing. I have no problem with regulations in general. From the start here I said "silly regulations". Trying to combat bloatware by simply banning them is, in my opinion, silly. Even if you establish that this problem is so big that the government needs to get involved, there are other tools at their disposal. Tax incentives is one such tool.