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Re:Three Companies Impersonated Millions to Influence Intern... by Thorrez on Sunday May 14, 2023 @02:43AM (#35935876)
Why would companies becoming more centralized make "putting your money where your mouth is" less effective?
Re:Three Companies Impersonated Millions to Influence Intern... by bluSCALE4 on Sunday May 14, 2023 @02:50AM (#35935905)
Because it can become hard to pick a different brand since there really aren't any choices at all: it's a monopoly.
Re:Three Companies Impersonated Millions to Influence Intern... by incone123 on Sunday May 14, 2023 @03:52AM (#35936187)
You seem to be addressing a related but separate matter, namely boycotting products to influence companies. The topic in hand is companies pretending to be large numbers of anonymous people. This is what would be prevented if submissions to public consultations were tied to real-world identities.
Re:Three Companies Impersonated Millions to Influence Intern... by martin-adams on Sunday May 14, 2023 @02:50AM (#35935907)
Because they will start to have a monopoly and consumer choice will be so little, that you can’t avoid them.
Re:Three Companies Impersonated Millions to Influence Intern... by Thorrez on Monday May 15, 2023 @01:14AM (#35944106)
I think this is a miscommunication. You interpret nine_k's phrase "putting your money where your mouth is" as meaning "buying only from companies you support", but I think nine_k actually meant "having public comments require payment".