[neilv]

Not dissing any company; just pointing out a real concern to be considered, in this freshly disrupted and rapidly evolving environment.

We all know that someone is going to try to slip one past the regulators, and they're probably on HN, and we know from the past that this can pay off hugely for them.

Maybe, this time, the HN people who grumble about past exploiters and abusers in retrospect, can be more proactive, and help inform lawmakers and regulators in time.

And for those of us who don't want to be activists, but also don't want to be abusers -- just run honest businesses -- we're reminded to think twice about what we do and how we do it, when we're operating in what seems like novel space.