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Re:Apple's 15% Deflection Tactic by damnyou on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @10:42PM (#25145985)
It's the truth. Unilateral control is the reality, and I'm interested in exploring how to harness it to improve the lot of humanity.

For example, I think Stripe should be able to compete with Apple to be a payment provider on Apple's platform.

As I said, I would be a fine with a world where if Tim Cook doesn't want to play by the government's rules, he is jointly and severally liable for Apple's debts. There are real benefits that come with being a corporation. There need to be responbilities to society as well.

Re:Apple's 15% Deflection Tactic by tesmar2 on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @11:21PM (#25146198)
> It's the truth

I realize that the federal government /can/ do things, it's whether they/it /should/ do them.

"I want them to" and "It's been done before" don't fly. These are contracts between willing participants, none of which have been broken. The federal government would be overstepping proper bounds to interfere.

> Unilateral control is the reality

Yes. Which is why we should minimize the regulation coming out at the federal level.

> There need to be responbilities to society as well.

They owe you nothing. They provide a product, you either buy it or you don't.