Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by tshaddox on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:17PM
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Note that someone approving of one particular action by AWS does not imply that person approves of all actual or hypothetical actions that AWS might take. That’s absurd.
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by ImprobableTruth on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:24PM
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Except that's not at all what I said. I actually chose that example because I think the vast majority of people wouldn't approve it.
They're arguing that this action is fine because they own the platform, so they can kick off whoever they want to. Do they accept that this also includes justifying kicking off people generally thought of as good?
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by tshaddox on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:34PM
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You’re repeating the same absurdity I outlined. There’s a big difference between saying “that company is free to make that decision” and “I approve of that decision by that company.” Approving of one decision does not imply being bound to approve of all future decisions of that company.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by ImprobableTruth on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:54PM
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No, you just seem to think for some reason that "justifying kicking off people generally thought of as good" means approving of this action.
They're not saying that kicking off people critical of them is good (i.e. something they personally approve of), but they're saying that it's reasonable.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by Talanes on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:23PM
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So you're just splitting hairs over the difference between "approve" and "find reasonable" until someone gives up and agrees with you?
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by ImprobableTruth on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:06AM
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I can't tell if you're trolling. They literally even themselves responded saying that while they wouldn't approve, they think it's something the company should be allowed to do.
If you can't understand the difference, that's on you.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by Talanes on Sunday January 10, 2021 @02:59AM
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And I can't tell if you're trolling, for the exact same reasons you gave. They gave a reply that should satisfy your question, and you drilled down again because it didn't use your exact words.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by ImprobableTruth on Sunday January 10, 2021 @09:32AM
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Do you not understand how comment threads works? I didn't drill down on the original person (because while I disagree with them, they're willing to accept the logical conclusions of their justification), but on someone who insisted that my statement was absurd, even after I repeatedly tried clarifying it.
What a waste of time.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by Talanes on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @01:39PM
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I really had to go and dig to figure out what you were even talking about here. The "original person" was a separate sibling to this thread. Do you know how threads work? Because that was not part of this conversation.
I am not going to read everything you ever type in order to have the context to understand you.