Trump: "He will end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America’s Job Creators and Innovators, and ensure that the FCC delivers for rural America."
No he won’t. Rural America is better served through regulation. If companies did what they wanted, we rural folks would get nothing—because there isn’t enough money to be made.
Ma Bell was FORCED to serve rural communities through regulation.
Regulations do not strangle innovation. This is a bullshit meme.
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/17/nx-s1-5193064/fcc-chair-brendan-carr-trump
The whole meme (and is a meme, it really is not fact) is that a company is incapable of innovation without protection. Pure and absolute bullshit. TODAY companies absolutely DEPEND on products that were developed for free. Innovative code written because someone thought it was interesting/fun/important.
You know who profits from this? Companies who argue they have to make EXCESSIVE profits to be innovative.
I spent a lot of my life reviewing patents. Most of the C&D’s…
… in regards to engineering are just nuisance, half-hearted attempts to slow down the competition.
I don’t know if it’s because Ive retired, or people have decided it’s not worth the hassle, as it seems this happens less frequently. For a while it was just insane.
@feloneouscat Here's an idea for a way to encourage competition and innovation through sorta-deregulation: grant companies with annual gross revenues of less than (just for example - the real number would have to be carefully chosen) $2M, as well as individuals / sole proprietorships, immunity to patent lawsuits.
Individuals and small businesses can't afford to fight patent lawsuits brought by behemoths - even if they did nothing wrong it can mean bankruptcy.
So don't make them.