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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by dmix on Friday June 16, 2023 @05:41PM (#36364312)
History is littered with examples of policy creating unintended consequences causing more harm than good. Or at least negating the early good it created over time. It’s usually fine at the start until cracks start to show and policies are often a one way street, that only get reformed many years after the problems become apparent, if at all.
Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by Jochim on Saturday June 17, 2023 @09:09AM (#36369889)
It's also littered with examples of a lack of policy causing untold harms. A light-hearted one would be the time libertarians found out that policy helps keep the bears away[0].

The answer isn't to abandon policy, it's to design it to be flexible and to respond quickly when problems are discovered.

[0] https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21534416/free-state-...