Evans: Debating separate metaverse regulations is completely ludicrous
Benedict Evans · How many metaverses? · Oct 31, 2022 · at 3:09
Tech analyst Benedict Evans critiques policy discussions that attempt to treat the metaverse as a distinct regulatory category from the general internet.
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“And hence people saying, should we regulate the metaverse, or how will politics work on the metaverse, is just completely ludicrous. It's like saying, should we regulate the mobile internet differently from the internet? Well, no, it's just the internet. And, you know, metaverse is just software and the internet, but on a different device with a different display.”
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