Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen...
by manigandham on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @10:49PM
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That doesn't make sense. Lots of places think in terms of dollars, in fact the West/capitalism is all about it, and yet we don't have the same issues.
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Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen...
by noobermin on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @03:16AM
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You are literally posting on an article where Signal's attempt to aid people speaking out against authoritarian regimes are being quelled by entities due to protecting their bottom line.
Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen...
by manigandham on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @03:49AM
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We don't have oppressive regimes in the West (where Amazon is based) because capitalism encourages freedom and economic prosperity. A company not helping you doesn't mean they're against you. AWS does not want a customer breaking their terms of service, especially when it affects all of their other paying clients.
What does that have to do with other nations and their laws? The censoring issue here is in a foreign state and not caused by capitalism but a lack of it. AWS is not international police so you should focus on government if you want to see political changes.
Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen...
by tanderson92 on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @11:32PM
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The parent poster might take issue with the idea of capitalism not implicitly meaning oppression. ;)