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Re:It’s time to free ourselves from ‘Big Tech’ monopoly by zepto on Monday February 22, 2021 @02:45PM (#26229528)
Yes that would be honest.

But it’s not what they are doing. They are not saying it’s ‘a lot like’ a tax, the way you are. They are saying it is a tax.

What they are doing is dishonest.

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Re:It’s time to free ourselves from ‘Big Tech’ monopoly by dragonwriter on Monday February 22, 2021 @03:46PM (#26230358)
It's called a metaphor; most people learn about them in primary school, I believe, certainly before getting out of grade school.
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Re:It’s time to free ourselves from ‘Big Tech’ monopoly by zepto on Monday February 22, 2021 @04:07PM (#26230637)
One of the things we learn later, is that metaphors can be used dishonestly.
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Re:It’s time to free ourselves from ‘Big Tech’ monopoly by pydry on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @07:15AM (#26236417)
Still don't understand why this is an example of a dishonestly used metaphor.
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Re:It’s time to free ourselves from ‘Big Tech’ monopoly by pessimizer on Monday February 22, 2021 @04:14PM (#26230723)
But not in this case, since you think "tax-like" is better.
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Re:It’s time to free ourselves from ‘Big Tech’ monopoly by zepto on Monday February 22, 2021 @04:24PM (#26230838)
You think tax-like is also dishonest?
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