Re:Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook hearing was a sham
by mkirklions on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:41PM
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>Can your kids' friends start a business now to compete with Facebook? No
I disagree with this. I think at the current time they can.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook hearing was a sham
by davvolun on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @03:25PM
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I think you're overestimating how many people who don't read places like Hacker News actually care about this. But I'll admit I could be wrong on that.
In any case, the reason they might be able to at the current time is the blood in the water from the "reasonable regulations" people.
> Are you an internet user that thinks that what the government says won't be exploited?
Nope, I'm a normal person, not actually a strawman. As long as there's government, it will be exploited; but, you're throwing out the baby with the bathwater by arguing that because people will exploit loopholes, we should eliminate (all) regulations. Instead of supporting a representative that tries to eliminate two regulations for every new one, how about supporting a half-intelligent representative?
You're worried people won't be able to start businesses? Where is Facebook's big competition? Can your kids' friends start a business now to compete with Facebook? No -- so why are you worried that they won't be able to do something in the future that they can't do now?