Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by landemva 1015 days ago
UL tests and certifies electrical devices voluntarily. I would like to see improvement on a industry basis without more government regulation. Apparently people voluntarily purchase carbon offsets when purchasing airline tickets, do people pay for non-tangibles.

Open standards of tcpip allowed for tremendous innovation, unlike the old Bell System which regulated through monopoly what could be attached to the network.