#regulators

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2026-02-04

Shoutout to #DagogoAltraide for making the - admittedly neither easy nor convenient - transition from #Windows to #Linux as a #creator, because "The only winning move is not to play!" applies to #Enshittification and the #abuse at the hands of #Microsoft and #Adobe won't be stopped by #regulators and #regulation but by #users & #consumers unilaterally refusing to be #victims in an abusive relationship!

#YouWillOwnNothingAndYouWillBeHappy #YouWillOwnNothing #YouOwnNothing #LateStageCapitalism #Greedflation #greed #Inflation

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Photo Credit: Dagogo Altraide (ColdFusion TV)
Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2026-02-03

And yes, #regulation (and generally, any #legislation) should be subject to constant #review.

Not as means to stifle it, but as like a "Performance Review", asking critical questions like:

  • Why was this regulation put in place?
  • What was the intended outcome?
  • What is the actual outcome?
  • What consequence do we take from any disparities of the latter two?
  • Is this even relevant anymore, or some abandoned vestigal rule that doesn't apply because it's rationale & reasoning doesn't exist anymore?

And then act accordingly.

  • Ideally requesting public testimonials and comments from those affected, mandating a 1:1:1 parity between those at the compliance (i.e. businesses), enforcement (i.e. city authorities) and beneficiary (i.e. consumers) side.

#politics #regulators #ConsumerProtection #EnvoirmentalProtection #OverRegulation #BlindSpots

2026-01-28

Happiness is your very own Stormrider.

#cats #catsofmastodon #Regulators!

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Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2026-01-22

@WooShell because #Autodesk are assholes and the fact that they are able to gobble up #Engineering #Software and monopolize it is the problem, with no #regulators stopping them from #Enshittifying and #monopolizing!

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2026-01-08

@khleedril also #regulators like @EUCommission should actually enforce #portability requirements as per #DigitalMarketsAct and force providers to either provide #free #API|s and #documentation for all #users and #developers without #loginwalling or be #banned from the #EU for violating fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (#FRAND) provisions for #Interoperability.

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