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Re:Open source Spotify client that doesn't require Premium n... by madmask on Saturday January 20, 2024 @10:32AM (#39068544)
Not everything needs to be an activist fight, should I not pay taxes because a party I don’t like is in power? I think we should all be a bit more open to voices we don’t like. Live and let live, etc.
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Re:Open source Spotify client that doesn't require Premium n... by beej71 on Saturday January 20, 2024 @10:49AM (#39068731)
There are a lot of voices I find worse, and I support them all being free of government persecution. But I'm not paying their platforms--that's _my_ voice.
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Re:Open source Spotify client that doesn't require Premium n... by jokethrowaway on Saturday January 20, 2024 @11:04AM (#39068890)
You pay taxes because otherwise goons with guns will come and lock you in jail with criminal and child rapists.

He can very well decide to not support a private company, that's the whole idea behind having a free market and not living in a socialist hell hole.

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