> And yet you can literally pick up a phone, dial some numbers, and reach everyone else who has a phone number.

And yet you can literally pick up a [product engineered to a phone company’s specifications], dial some numbers [assigned by a phone company] and reach everyone else who [also agreed to the phone company’s TOS] [as long as you and them have paid a large monthly fee].

This isn’t freedom. Companies still decide how you can use their services.