Comment by phendrenad2
10 hours ago
I get that your emotional about this, and you may want to stick your head in the sand and pretend that unintended consequences don't exist, and want to lash out at those who warn about them, even trying to convince yourself that they are evil actors doing "fearmongering", but trust me, unintended consequences do NOT care about any of that, they are very real, and the last thing we need are people who won't face reality when the consequences arrive.
Unintended consequences is the price of progress. The alternative is to continue farming by hand, and carry after from the river for your daily needs.
We legislate away unintended consequences, that is the job of government. We put in laws and remove them if they are unsuitable. Analysis paralysis does no one any good.
I don't see how you can legislate away a move to subscriptions. That's not unintended consequences, that is an entirely foreseeable and direct consequence.
Please do not needlessly denigrate the poster you're responding to.
Your vain appeal to objectivity is just a steelman argument.
Hard things are often worthwhile.