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by ethbr1 779 days ago
That's a case of the perfect being the enemy of the good.

If you boil the lobster all at once, the huge ad industry will ensure such regulation never passes.

If you gradually increase regulation, then it stands a change of actually passing, and eventually accomplishes the same goal (even if over a longer timeframe).

Getting everyone to agree that a mandatory, regulated prompt is required is step 1.