Re: My Dinner With Marc Andreessen

Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Sat, 6 Jul 2024 12:28:05 +0200, D wrote:
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Except that neither europe nor the US are free markets, so neither can
be used as an example.

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The simple fact is that mobile phones took off in lots of countries,
reaching over 100% penetration in several of them, while the US continued
to lag behind. What was different? Those other countries used the
Government-mandated GSM standard, while the US just ???let the market
decide???.

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It's true that the cellphone companies in the US lobbied congress for a
number of regulations that stifled competition and stifled the growth
of the industry, such as the Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1986
which remains a stumbling block for all kinds of things.
--scott