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Software liability laws: a dangerous solutionSoftware liability laws: a dangerous solutionPosted Sep 9, 2007 17:24 UTC (Sun) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)In reply to: Software liability laws: a dangerous solution by dlang Parent article: Software liability laws: a dangerous solution
That (the fact that virtually no software is offered with a warranty) is pretty much my point. It's not offered because no one will buy it. People won't buy it because they believe they can protect themselves from the risk of a bug (or just bear the risk) for less money than it would cost the seller to guarantee there aren't any bugs. I believe the free market does a better job in this way of sorting out the complexities of the risks of operating computers than legislators can.
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Software liability laws: a dangerous solution Posted Sep 9, 2007 18:50 UTC (Sun) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link] you are missing the point.
the free market can't fix the problem if consumers don't have a choice.
people haven't opted to not buy the warranty, the companies have decided not to offer it (and not just for cheap software, take a look at the license for very expensive software, it says the same things)
Software liability laws: a dangerous solution Posted Sep 9, 2007 21:55 UTC (Sun) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link] the free market can't fix the problem if consumers don't have a choice. Yes it can; it does it all the time. In the big picture, the consumers have a choice because if they want something (I mean are willing to pay for it), someone will provide it. The market is huge and dynamic. If there's even a chance consumers would choose something and nobody is offering it, there's profit to be made and someone will offer it. I believe the software industry has considered offering warranteed software and consistently determined that consumers would choose the cheap unwarranteed competition instead. I do support government regulation to promote competition, including by reducing barriers to entry into a market. Just not anti-competitive regulation that outlaws certain voluntary transactions.
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