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Re:T-Mobile's John Legere Goes Off the Deep End: 'Who the Fu... by CaptSpify on Friday January 08, 2016 @10:33AM (#10865530)
To be fair, I can see why it looks and feels like AstroTurf to people who don't know any better. That kind of cynicism is probably pretty healthy for good reasons in companies like theirs.
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Re:T-Mobile's John Legere Goes Off the Deep End: 'Who the Fu... by ocdtrekkie on Friday January 08, 2016 @10:38AM (#10865579)
I mean, that's true, and Google has spent plenty of money on the EFF. But the reason I trust the EFF, unlike most companies/organizations/government officials Google 'donates' money to, is that the EFF has taken Google to task, recently even: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/02/google-eff...
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Re:T-Mobile's John Legere Goes Off the Deep End: 'Who the Fu... by digi_owl on Friday January 08, 2016 @11:44AM (#10866166)
Except that anyone poking at the EFF history should quickly discover that they have been around for some time, and got started because of government overreach regarding computers and electronic networks.
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Re:T-Mobile's John Legere Goes Off the Deep End: 'Who the Fu... by krisdol on Friday January 08, 2016 @12:44PM (#10866655)
Yes but so has congress and a good number of its members are fronts various industries' special-interests.

(to be clear, I don't think the EFF catering to T-Mobile's competitors, just that it's a healthy skepticism to have of organizations like it)

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Re:T-Mobile's John Legere Goes Off the Deep End: 'Who the Fu... by CaptSpify on Friday January 08, 2016 @12:41PM (#10866636)
Oh, I agree. A basic google-search should have been enough to tip them off. And it seems they didn't even do that, so shame on them. I'm just saying their pre-search reaction is probably justified.
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Re:T-Mobile's John Legere Goes Off the Deep End: 'Who the Fu... by krisdol on Friday January 08, 2016 @12:43PM (#10866650)
Yes but so has congress and a good number of its members are fronts various industries' special-interests.
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Re:T-Mobile's John Legere Goes Off the Deep End: 'Who the Fu... by CaptSpify on Friday January 08, 2016 @02:55PM (#10867711)
pssst: I think you double-posted
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