Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ...
by XorNot on Saturday January 30, 2021 @09:58AM
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I'm not seeing a meaningful objection to Google doing what it wants with moderation of its own platform though.
"Do what you want" in the free market is exactly this behavior.
Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ...
by waheoo on Saturday January 30, 2021 @07:23PM
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It's own platform?
They're monopolies. They are the market.
There is nothing free about a moderated market.
Robin hood investors disliked a move by management and voted with their feet to place one star reviews.
Google removed them all.
You can but ma private companies if you want but you're only pointing out how monopolistic these platforms are. Good luck with antitrust Google. You gonna get fucked over a barrel. People are waking up.
Re:Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play ...
by XorNot on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @07:26AM
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Google is not a monopoly in the App Store market, but even if it were - how are you going to stop it? Google's property is it's property - it is entitled to do as it pleases. At what point in libertarian ideology is the government supposed to step in? And when it does: and do what? (while still being plausibly a libertarian movement).
Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, emphasizing free association, freedom of choice, individualism and voluntary association. Libertarians share a skepticism of authority and state power, but some of them diverge on the scope of their opposition to existing economic and political systems.
If you want to get specific on the economic front I diverge a bit and fall somewhere along the mutualism line of things where I'm more interested in a pragmatic free market socialism. Basically just do what you feel like but don't be a prick about it, and yes, we'll organise some free healthcare and education.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutualism_(economic_theory)