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Anyone who thinks regulations are bad is fucking stupid. Imagine if every electronic had a different cable or if every mattress company made slight different sizes. It’d be batshit stupid. Regulations force companies to not be batshit stupid
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Anonymous 1d

It’s because of guns. They hear the word “regulate” and think it’s an evil word

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Anonymous 23h

every cell phone used to have a different charging cord and the choice between so many models with unique features made it actually fun and enjoyable to get a new phone. i miss when shit wasn’t a monopolized monoculture. :(

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Anonymous 1d

i mean sure there’s convenience on one hand but we lose out on a lot of cool shit forcing everything to be a certain way

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Anonymous 17h

By the way, mattresses are not subject to legal regulation besides infant mattresses for cribs. The reason mattresses only come in a few different sizes is because it is economically efficient for companies to produce them in the same factories as their competitors or, if they own the factory, using equipment that is also used in competitors' factories.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

On the different cables, companies would do that to make sure we would spend more money if regulations weren’t in place. That’s what Apple did for years

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1d

A lot of these “forcing everything to be a certain way” things are protections for the consumer, so companies don’t screw us over

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1d

sure. but we also just do lose a lot of potentially cool things at the same time. yes it helps aid against extortion practices, yes it prices out what could’ve been really cool inventions

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

Could you think of a single cool invention that is prevented by standardizing general living appliances/cables

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 23h

car designs are constantly blocked in prototype stages because of this.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 23h

American toilet paper companies have lobbied against bidets being marketed or available in this country to ensure the TP companies still have a huge profit margin.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 22h

The lighting cable was a huge improvement on the micro usb btw. That’s why apple had it on their phones

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 21h

Regulations force creativity and innovation, they don’t stifle it.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 18h

A body of originalist scholarship has suggested that "regulate" means "to make regular". A "well-regulated militia" is therefore one that has standards and functions efficiently. Regulation of interstate commerce is likewise what happens when laws are passed to standardize commerce and make it flow without state-interstate barriers.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 18h

That's called regulatory capture, and is what happens when you have too much regulation.

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