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A comment on discordo: Lightweight, secure, and feature-rich Discord terminal client. Parent comment

Re:discordo: Lightweight, secure, and feature-rich Discord t... by troops_h8r on Monday August 15, 2022 @06:55PM (#32476603)
The same principle behind antitrust laws: dismantling monopolies is good for the public and good for innovation
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Re:discordo: Lightweight, secure, and feature-rich Discord t... by tptacek on Monday August 15, 2022 @07:28PM (#32476981)
Lacking an open-for-all-comers API is not in fact an antitrust violation.
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Re:discordo: Lightweight, secure, and feature-rich Discord t... by troops_h8r on Monday August 15, 2022 @10:14PM (#32478474)
I agree of course, it's not a violation of any laws. I just thought you were asking for some moral principle to justify pressing a developer to make an API available
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Re:discordo: Lightweight, secure, and feature-rich Discord t... by tptacek on Monday August 15, 2022 @11:46PM (#32478986)
I mean, it's just not antitrust, at all. A vendor is not coherently a "monopoly for their own products".
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