Itâ(TM)s not regulation for regulations sake. We are talking about lack of regulation in the face of predatory corporate behavior. The regulation would be for the purpose of eliminating that predatory behavior. We donâ(TM)t need to regulate video games or skydiving companies if they arenâ(TM)t predatory and are sufficiently safe. In the real word, policy makers need to make judgement calls in areas where reasonable minds can disagree about where the lines lay between acceptable and unacceptable. In the real world policy makers are accountable for coming up with solutions that minimize social harms. But no serious person likes regulation for regulations sake. And no serious person can oppose regulation in all situations either. You have to consider the situation on a case by case basis. In this case, we already have regulations to prevent the social ills caused by gambling. In this case, a business has slipped through the cracks. So of course the article notes the lack of regulation. There is nothing wrong with or sinister about that. Sheesh . . .

I agree there is a probably a long-game strategy to this to unseat Appleâ(TM)s app market dominance. I hope Apple loses. Itâ(TM)s unacceptable to limit what software I can run on my phone and also to make me pay more for it because of the large cut they take out of every purchase. Thereâ(TM)s no competition with other app marketplaces that might provide the same apps better or cheaper. Theyâ(TM)re playing hardball, Apple is. Someone needs to beat them at that game in a precident-setting way.

This is exactly the kind of high-minded commentary I seek so I can really understand the hows and whys behind events in our complicated world. NOT. Whatâ(TM)s wrong you you people? Could there not be an explanation other than that Garmin programmers are idiots? Do you really think that a leading consumer products company like Garmin is routinely incompetent? Might the failure of your one product upon inserting that memory card be a random occurrence of the type that is no more or less likely with any company? Could not the vulnerability to this ransomewear be difficult to root out and actually a real and serious problem? Why are you so damn judgemental? Do you have insight into Garminâs backup systems? Have you bought 10 or 100 such products and have them all fail? is lack of backup integrity a rampant and under-reported problem in American corporate culture? If so, please elevate your comments by saying so. Otherwise keep your pubescent thought processes to yourself. I can understand being disappointed by things like this but does that really give you license to be totally inaccurate, inarticulate, rush to judgement and both dismiss what might be a serious problem and slander an organization of tens of thousands of people all at once? Why do that?