http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/06/16/green-plug/ Deliciously Geeky... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/06/16/green-plug/comment-page-1/#comment-383712 Evan Ackerman Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:25:02 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=11623#comment-383712 I was being a little bit sarcastic... At the same time, though, you have to admit that having proprietary chargers for virtually every different kind of cell phone is a pretty major inconvenience for most people, as well as being bad for the environment. But if companies can continue to produce them for a nickel and sell them for $15 and we don't have a choice, the only thing that's going to stop them is some government intervention. I was being a little bit sarcastic… At the same time, though, you have to admit that having proprietary chargers for virtually every different kind of cell phone is a pretty major inconvenience for most people, as well as being bad for the environment. But if companies can continue to produce them for a nickel and sell them for $15 and we don’t have a choice, the only thing that’s going to stop them is some government intervention.

]]> http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/06/16/green-plug/comment-page-1/#comment-383700 Anonymous Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:15:20 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=11623#comment-383700 I find it ironic that someone who maintains a blog devoted to innovative products would bash the free-market that made them possible. The free-market enables entrepreneurs to invest capital in the development of innovative products in order to compete with others for profit. No free-market = no innovation. I find it ironic that someone who maintains a blog devoted to innovative products would bash the free-market that made them possible. The free-market enables entrepreneurs to invest capital in the development of innovative products in order to compete with others for profit. No free-market = no innovation.

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