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Re:Will Spotify Ruin Podcasting? by etrabroline on Sunday February 09, 2020 @11:19PM (#22286411)
>force them to exploit other directions

So if recreational heroin had never been made illegal, pharmaceutical companies would today be "forced" to sell it?

Some things simply should not be allowed to be profitable, and it is not up to for-profit companies to decide what is and what isn't. It's up to society as a whole, though government, to decide what is allowed to be bought and sold. Personal data should be in the category of "not legal to buy and sell".

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Re:Will Spotify Ruin Podcasting? by dikei on Monday February 10, 2020 @07:51PM (#22295012)
> So if recreational heroin had never been made illegal, pharmaceutical companies would today be "forced" to sell it?

If one company does start to sell it, its competitors will probably be "forced" to sell it too.

> Some things simply should not be allowed to be profitable, and it is not up to for-profit companies to decide what is and what isn't. It's up to society as a whole, though government, to decide what is allowed to be bought and sold. Personal data should be in the category of "not legal to buy and sell".

Agree

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