Now to your illustration of car radio.... Chrysler, GM, et al. should have the right to
use "porprietary" connectors, software, etc., to protect that product even if it is part
of their automobile. If I, as a competitor, want to sell my car radio for use in those
cars, I will have to match their power connectors, speakers. et.al. . I wil not make it
easily done either.
What if there was one dominant car manufacturer that had 90% of the market? They could use their dominance in car manufacturing to dominate the car radio market, the highway market, toll-roads everywhere, etc. For example, what if they not only make a proprietary connector with a complicated interface, but they don't even document it? Then competitors cannot replace it, or if they will do so, it could take them lots of time and money to do so, and by the time they deliver a product that works, the car manufacturer has changed the interface again in the newer cars.
I don't think is the proper role of "Politicos" to tell anyone what
kind of "standards" he must provide for the radio competitors. A marketplace is
best served by viable competition. Government, In MY OPINION, has no business
getting into it when one competitor finally "WINS" in its chosen endeavor.
Don't you think that the government should be concerned about having competitive industries within its own country and look out for the consumer's interests? This is precisely what it is setting out to do. To make sure that there is even a chance for there to be competition. |
