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Re:How Apple is paving the way to a ‘cloud dictatorship’ in ... by ribosometronome on Monday February 19, 2018 @04:49PM (#16416020)
Do you pay taxes to a country that has a violent military presence in the Middle East (or any other conflict area)? Or to a local police department that has any history of unnecessary force to police non-violent crimes?

Most of us do. We don't have much of a choice. We could choose to earn so little that we don't have to pay much or anything in taxes or move elsewhere but, well, we want to live better that or live in a specific area.

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Re:How Apple is paving the way to a ‘cloud dictatorship’ in ... by IntronExon on Monday February 19, 2018 @04:56PM (#16416077)
This isn’t even good whataboutism, it’s downright lazy. Apple is a giant corporation that avoids taxes, not a citizen with few or no choices. This is a business maximizing profit, by choice, in another market.
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