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Re:Google Decides to Monetize Maps by manigandham on Thursday April 18, 2019 @03:45PM (#19694161)
What exactly does "force to close" mean and how does it work in a free-market capitalist society then?

If there are valid regulations to follow then sure but that's not what the parent comment seems to be suggesting.

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Re:Google Decides to Monetize Maps by coldtea on Friday April 19, 2019 @04:06AM (#19697855)
>What exactly does "force to close" mean and how does it work in a free-market capitalist society then?

There's no "free-market capitalist society". Just a really-existing capitalist society (like "really-existing socialism" which touted one set of values, but practiced another), that sells to people the lie that markets are (and can be) free, when they aren't in most ways that matters.

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Re:Google Decides to Monetize Maps by manigandham on Friday April 19, 2019 @03:42PM (#19702386)
This is a pedantic dead-end. The market is free enough. Regulation is not a problem, as already stated, provided the legislature is looking out for citizens and making the proper laws.

None of that has to do with Google being "forced to close" its Maps just because you don't like ads.

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