FCC fines Swarm $900K for unauthorized satellite launch
It feels to me as though the mantra of "move fast and break things" wasn't meant to apply to laws. Purposely ignoring laws, regulations, or seeing vague ones that didn't expect your crazy idea, and then hoping you can work it all out later after you've made lots of money- this is becoming more and more common in tech startups. And I personally don't like it.Uber and AirBnB are the classic examples (and it's worked out wonderfully for them). In Toronto, Car2Go told customers to just park anywhere- don't worry about getting parking tickets, we'll handle it. (They didn't). Swarm was told that their satellites could not be launched, so they just did it anyways hoping no one would notice. (Someone did). RobinHood announced checking accounts without checking if there were laws around such things. (There are).Governments would be better to be ready for disruptive ideas and have flexibility in regulations to try them out. And we should all be voting and supporting candidates who want to see such changes happen. But until they do, it seems wrong to purposely break laws in order to make money.