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I responded to a similar post above. I have not thought through the externality argument very much.

You are correct. I was mistaken. I updated my original post. I will note though I am suspicious this will be used as a framework for future mandated regulation.

That's true. Consumers rely on things like brand name, word of mouth, customer reviews, etc. Another label like this will likely do nothing.

I haven't thought through the externality argument very much. If I do I will come back and respond. I'm sure there are people more thoughtful than me who have said something about …

> their eyes will glaze over. I agree. They don't care. If anything, consumers need to be protected from predatory politicians claiming to serve the public interest.

Your points about the opt-in nature of the regulation are correct. I was mistaken and made an update in my original post. > Customers _want_ to purchase more secure products but do…

Consumers often purchase insurance for low probability, high impact events. I would infer the fact that consumers are not purchasing insurance for these devices means they don't th…

The fact they voluntarily trade their own resources for these devices is the evidence I would point to. They may care about "about lung cancer" and other aspects of the product, bu…

I support individual's choice of whether or not take personal safety measures.

It could also be the case politicians are exploiting voters' ignorance of basic economic principles.

[Update: I did not read the original proposal carefully. I mistakenly believed this was a mandated regulation and not a voluntary one, so some of the points in my post do not apply…

Then all news outlets should be forced to publicize their internal editorial decisions.

If for-profit companies keep doing all these awful things, why people keep paying them money?

EconTalk podcast covering this topic: https://www.econtalk.org/munger-on-the-nature-of-the-firm/

Making it cheaper for companies to interview increases the potential opportunities for me as a candidate. I do not take personal offense to being tested in an automated fashion.

Why is stock such a big portion of compensation for the big tech companies?

My process: (1) How would I explain face-to-face what this code does to another developer? (2) Use the key words from that explanation to make a name as short as possible without l…

My understanding is DoorDash started out by listing restaurants without their permission. Now DoorDash has this legislation which will protect them from any new startup who tries t…

This is terrible. I would not want a third party to dictate the the hours I work for my employer. There are situations where I'd like to guarantee to my employer that I'll do my be…

I really like the product. If I had more money I would probably buy it. One thing that could be helpful is to provide to a private RSS url in addition to web link, so I can play it…

Good points. In fact, I'm guessing consumers ultimately want the App Store to be a monopoly. It gives us a central place where both devs and consumer can exchange with each other. …

It would be really cool to have an allow-plaintext-only option (and monospaced font). I know it’s probably too late for this, and I’m probably in the minority wanting this, but mar…

Is there anything like Notion the only allows .txt files and folders? I would be very interested in that. I tried doing it with a git repo but I want the auto-syncing.