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Re:Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing by politician on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @09:13PM (#30785463)
Governments regulate all sorts of features on all sorts of products: building codes, electrical codes, car mpg requirements, how planes work, tax requirements, how corporations are allowed to function, the rights of citizens, ...

Why should software get a free pass?

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Re:Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing by dantheman on Thursday March 24, 2022 @12:11AM (#30786304)
Because all of those things are about externalities?
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Re:Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing by politician on Thursday March 24, 2022 @08:55PM (#30797542)
Software has externalities.
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