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by eru 1456 days ago
Better in what way?

Using auctions is economically efficient. And also harder for (corrupt) politicians to mess with.

> At the end this money comes from us anyway.

The money comes from customers of those telecoms who won the auctions. It doesn't eg come from the Amish or babies too young to use a phone. But they still (presumably) benefit from the government revenue raised by the auction.