Re:YouTubers have to declare ads. Why doesn't anyone else? [...
by natureboy21 on Monday February 15, 2021 @01:28PM
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Because regulations are primarily about protecting the status quo in an industry and best case only distantly secondarily about protecting consumers
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Re:YouTubers have to declare ads. Why doesn't anyone else? [...
by whatshisface on Monday February 15, 2021 @01:34PM
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A slight inclination to protect consumers from the worst excesses of the regulated stems from a desire to prevent the public from getting mad enough to demand change. The distant second, therefore, follows the first.