Re:South Korea bans unremovable mobile bloatware
by RivieraKid on Monday January 27, 2014 @05:51AM
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That's possible (I have a very vague knowledge of the antitrust laws in the US). But a good antitrust law is better than no antitrust law. Do you think that a secret price-setting agreement between AT&T, Verizon and Sprint should be legal? It would be profitable to these companies. In a model, competetive market, this wouldn't work, because a competitor would immediately appear on stage and started offering equivalent products for lower price. But the actual market is absolutely different, that's why regulation is needed.
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Re:South Korea bans unremovable mobile bloatware
by icebraining on Monday January 27, 2014 @08:14AM
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Have you considered that the US mobile market may be less competitive because of other regulations? Who assigns spectrum and shuts down unlicensed providers?
Re:South Korea bans unremovable mobile bloatware
by RivieraKid on Monday January 27, 2014 @08:44AM
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Yes, that's certainly possible. My position is that zero regulation is often not the optimal amount of regulation.
Re:South Korea bans unremovable mobile bloatware
by icebraining on Monday January 27, 2014 @09:58AM
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Regulation is an ill-defined concept, so that statement is meaningless to me. If you mean the same as when people usually call "unregulated", which actually means heavily but baldy regulated, then we're in agreement.