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Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by leereeves on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @07:23AM (#23245565)
> You're arguing this as if the censorship you're talking about has actually happened to anyone ever.

It has happened.

When Gab tried to compete with Twitter, Apple and Google banned their app.

Payment processors have banned controversial sites like Wikileaks too.

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Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by Traster on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @07:29AM (#23245603)
You can download the Gab android app here: https://apps.gab.com/application/5d3f982c9dd49a5b1d9fc881

Or visit gab.ai on your Chrome browser.

Wikileaks explains the 5 different ways you can donate to them here: https://shop.wikileaks.org/donate

Including about 75 different cryptocurrencies

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Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by leereeves on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @07:36AM (#23245656)
It's still censorship if a school library bans a book even if you can still buy it from Amazon. The existence of alternatives doesn't mean censorship hasn't happened.
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