50 sats \ 8 replies \ @DarthCoin 19 Jun 2023 \ on: Japan to open up Apple- and Google-dominated phone apps to competition tech
Gov intervention is NOT a solution. Is even worse.
The solution is to let user to choosd whatever he wants to use.
Forcing or banning these companies to do something is bad.
Govs should not intervene in any decision of private companies.
This is something I struggle with often. My first instinct is that government regulation is evil till proven otherwise. However, I'm not a hardcore libertarian either. Sometimes government intervention is important. Sometimes, the government already has regulations in place, but their mis-/non-/application creates distortions (for example, non/poor enforcement of section 230 of the Communications Decency Act prevents internet platforms from being civilly liable for their content while still giving them many of the benefits of being publishers, allowing them to police speech they don't like, even though I tend to agree that it's not the government's job to prevent them). Not sure what the correct answer here is.
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have fun staying in the gov cage then
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I know what you're saying.
For what I know Japan has been very 'light touch' on defi - I think that's what attracted MntGox and others in the early days.
Personally, I think light touch is always the best way with everything - there's very little to fight against and you keep a good relationship throughout.
It works for me anyway being a loving parent.
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So, in the eyes of Darth, Bukele was wrong to make McDonalds accept Bitcoin?
He's not a president he's a very naughty boy
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McDonalds it doesn't accept bitcoin. They accept chivo dollars.
Bukele didn't "make" McDonalds to accept bitcoin.
Bukele just open a door to everybody. Who is smart and go through that door will have a bright future. Who is dumb... HFSP.
Bitcoin doesn't need Bukele but Bukele need Bitcoin.
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Go heavy with the memes bro.
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by banning major app store operators from forcing software developers to use the operators' own payment systems, a government panel said.
This part?
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Isn't it a double negative?
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