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Re:Google, Facebook, and Amazon have fundamentally transform... by psyc on Monday October 30, 2017 @11:29AM (#15585703)
Freedom for 800-ton corporate gorillas shouldn't be privileged over the freedom of the average individual. And the word "freedom" is empty sloganeering if you pretend it's separate from power.
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Re:Google, Facebook, and Amazon have fundamentally transform... by s73ver_ on Monday October 30, 2017 @01:38PM (#15587112)
HN is quite heavily moderated. Should they not have the right to do so?
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Re:Google, Facebook, and Amazon have fundamentally transform... by gnaritas on Monday October 30, 2017 @11:30AM (#15585704)
Not offering you their services isn't restricting your freedom. Your freedoms don't include a right to other people's services against their will.
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Re:Google, Facebook, and Amazon have fundamentally transform... by Analemma_ on Monday October 30, 2017 @11:36AM (#15585778)
> Not offering you their services isn't restricting your freedom.

It is if you have a monopoly.

>Your freedoms don't include a right to other people's services against their will.

They do if you have a monopoly.

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Re:Google, Facebook, and Amazon have fundamentally transform... by gnaritas on Monday October 30, 2017 @11:45AM (#15585869)
They don't have monopolies so your counter is irrelevant.
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Re:Google, Facebook, and Amazon have fundamentally transform... by sordidasset on Monday October 30, 2017 @01:53PM (#15587271)
But what if they do in the future? Suppose the author is right and ISPs don't support any packets/protocols other than FB, GOOG, and AMZN.

Are you arguing that in sum total, humanity is better off allowing private organizations to control communications in order to adhere to free market principles than the reverse?

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Re:Google, Facebook, and Amazon have fundamentally transform... by gnaritas on Monday October 30, 2017 @04:34PM (#15588634)
No, I'm arguing future crime isn't a thing. You don't get to punish people because they "might".
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