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Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by s73v3r_ on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @04:11PM (#16971023)
Sure, but the point being is that Amazon is not consenting to being a bargaining chip in this manner. If you're in control of a site, and you want to say, "If you block them, my site will be blocked too, in solidarity," that's just fine. But it would be pretty awful for you to involve me in that, as well, if I don't wish to be part of it.
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Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by QuinnyPig on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @07:08PM (#16972588)
Right, and them taking that stand isn't what most of their customers want from them. "We don't want to make political points in other countries, we're just here to sell ads" is the generic corporate position.
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Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by s73v3r_ on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @07:31PM (#16972724)
I think most of their customers don't know about the situation, and would prefer that their sites remain up.
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