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Re:North Koreans are jailbreaking phones to access forbidden... by npteljes on Thursday April 28, 2022 @03:51AM (#31189826)
Freedom must be protected by good legislation, otherwise you end up with situations like wage slavery[0] or a food desert[1]. More freedom for companies could easily mean less freedom for the people. Although I concede the point that basically any country is in a better shape than NK in this regard.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert

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Re:North Koreans are jailbreaking phones to access forbidden... by golergka on Thursday April 28, 2022 @07:07AM (#31191099)
That's the opposite of protecting the freedom, as with such legislation you're limiting people's freedom to enter contracts of their own choosing.
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Re:North Koreans are jailbreaking phones to access forbidden... by npteljes on Thursday April 28, 2022 @11:06AM (#31193377)
Yeah that's true. Ideally I'd limit them to the least exploitative contracts possible. My thinking here is inspired by the free software movement, where the basic idea is that by having a specifically limiting license, they enable the greatest freedom for users. With the implied idea being that by having fewer restrictions, the system ends up being more restrictive, instead of less restrictive.
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