I apologize for being oblique and kind of snarky.
My point was that it's interesting how we can frame a service business "extracting fees" to imply wrongdoing. When it's pretty normal for all services to charge ongoing fees for ongoing delivery.
Re:Apple introduces M4 chip
by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @05:31PM
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It’s about the money, it’s about perverse incentives and propensity of service businesses to get away with unfair practices. We have decent laws about your rights as a consumer when you buy stuff, but like no regulation of services
There is tons of regulation of services? Everything from fraud / false advertising to disclosure of fees to length and terms of contracts. What regulation do you think is missing?
And as someone who presumably provides services for a living, what additional regulations would you like to be subject to?
Providing services is arguably at odds with privacy since a service with access to all the data can provide a better service than one without so there will be a tension between trying to provide the best services, fueling their growth, and privacy.