News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without the user’s permission. Parent comment

Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by catach on Saturday August 27, 2022 @07:25AM (#32617844)
Consider:

Option 1: the definition of "capitalism" requires that zero regulation be applied. In that case, abandon "capitalism" and replace it with whatever you'd call the same model but with regulation.

Option 2: a significant amount of regulation actually is enough alone to fatally destabilize capitalism. I do not believe this to be the case, but if it were, then it should very likely be abandoned, but it's difficult to know how other options might behave in this hypothetical universe.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by feet on Saturday August 27, 2022 @08:21AM (#32618162)
I would argue that capitalism is exactly what the American system is. These terms are descriptive rather than prescriptive.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by catach on Sunday August 28, 2022 @11:06PM (#32634384)
That's certainly a model one could use, but it strikes me as not particularly useful.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by feet on Monday August 29, 2022 @06:49AM (#32636616)
Claiming lofty ideology is not useful because those policies never exist in real life
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by catach on Monday August 29, 2022 @01:31PM (#32640981)
Increased precision in base concepts makes it easier to measure and reason about the real-world drift from those bases.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by feet on Monday August 29, 2022 @04:45PM (#32643335)
That's assuming that those bases are even the goal for the people implementing the policies, which I am not convinced is the case in the US.

If that is not the assumption then we can just make arbitrary claims about anything and calculate "drift"

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by catach on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @03:42AM (#32647694)
I'm looking at this from an economics study view, not a public policy view.

Definitions have an inherently arbitrary component, sure. But stable, precise definitions are far easier to reason with than a shifting definition like "whatever the US is doing right now".

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by feet on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @04:00AM (#32647826)
The study of economics is not exactly known for its rigor, I'm not sure how much value that has
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by catach on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @04:41AM (#32648041)
Gotta start somewhere.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by feet on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @06:20AM (#32648632)
Do you think capitalism can exist without policy and regulation?
[ Parent | on HN ]