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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by Spooky23 on Thursday January 31, 2019 @10:23PM (#19051301)
What kind of principle is that it without rules?

Free speech doesn’t allow libel and slander. Free assembly doesn’t allow riots. Without a framework for meaningful justice, the high minded principle is just a race to the bottom.

I should be able to have the freedom to choose a platform where I have some protection against the various bad actors out there. Without Apple, the only options we have is non-participation, believing the lies, and arbritration.

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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by FireBeyond on Friday February 01, 2019 @01:34AM (#19052104)
> Free speech doesn’t allow libel and slander

What? Very absolutely it does. It just doesn't protect from the consequences.

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Re:Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps by mathnmusic on Thursday January 31, 2019 @10:40PM (#19051378)
It's not "without rules". The rules are just democratically determined (i.e. laws).
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