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Re:Facebook's “free internet” programme hits a roadblock in ... by Apocryphon on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @06:28PM (#10854763)
he also seems to think that most people just aren't nearly as smart as he is... and so it's best not to confuse them, with you know, choices.

It's tragic that this is a mistake we see again and again in tech, even with the presence of anti-authority/countercultural tendencies and groups in this field.

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Re:Facebook's “free internet” programme hits a roadblock in ... by bdamm on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @06:41PM (#10854840)
Every day I'm asked to reduce the choices I provide to my users. I work in cryptography infrastructure. And frankly, sometimes it's much better to provide a sane default and let the ones who really care figure out their own path.
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