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Re:Ask HN: Should Microsoft Brick PCs in Russia? by zelon88 on Friday March 11, 2022 @07:06AM (#30638855)
Should a storefront be able to open its doors and serve customers even if it doesn't pay its rent?

If you predicate a business model on robbing Peter to pay Paul, how can you be angry when Peter cuts you off?

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Re:Ask HN: Should Microsoft Brick PCs in Russia? by selfhoster11 on Friday March 11, 2022 @07:26AM (#30638974)
Even evictees are evicted subject to a due process, and not cut off on a whim of the landlord.

Even if this were so, software is not a service, despite the current trend to make it so. Nor is software scarce. Rental of scarce retail space is a service, and a totally different scenario. This analogy simply doesn't relate to the issue at all.

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