Or someone can make another audio-controlled device that doesn't sell ads and that can be a separate company. I don't see why you would immediately go towards having the government step in and regulate whether Amazon can make the Echo prefer their own products quite yet. It's still a new device and there are some other competitors.
I could agree that companies be required to have a disclaimer when they provide preference to a certain product set over another.
>Or someone can make another audio-controlled device that doesn't sell ads and that can be a separate company.
Sure, that's one possibility. Probably not a very realistic one but it's there.
>I don't see why you would immediately go towards having the government step in and regulate whether Amazon can make the Echo prefer their own products quite yet.
Why should we immediately go towards another company/market-oriented solution? What is it about government that requires we wait around for the market to fail? Why not just go do what we want?
We can. We do.
Most people don't care about beeing spied on, so they buy it. So they also would not support your democracy introduced market improvement.
Besides, a market can't regulate itself, if there is allways a government regulation in case something is not nice.
And I do actually believe, people would buy the adfree, non spying device, if they would have a choice
I could agree that companies be required to have a disclaimer when they provide preference to a certain product set over another.