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Re:Europe is in danger of regulating its tech market out of ... by fallingknife on Friday July 26, 2024 @08:31PM (#41083604)
Sorry, this is just how technology works. There is going to be a way that the vast majority of people want to communicate and if you don't want to use it, it's going to be a pain in the ass for you. This is always going to be the case, and nobody is under any obligation to accommodate you. If you didn't want to have a home phone in the 90s it would have been the same thing.
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Re:Europe is in danger of regulating its tech market out of ... by ktosobcy on Saturday July 27, 2024 @02:38AM (#41084837)
Of course but the argument was: "You're free to not be a user, but millions of other people want it.".

So the notion that you have complete freedom is somewhat false…

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Re:Europe is in danger of regulating its tech market out of ... by fallingknife on Saturday July 27, 2024 @06:29PM (#41089779)
Who is talking about complete freedom? Nobody who lives in any human society will ever have that.
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Re:Europe is in danger of regulating its tech market out of ... by account42 on Monday July 29, 2024 @07:41AM (#41099635)
So? Just because there are reasons to compromise our freedoms doesn't mean we should stop asking which compromises are worth it and saying no to those that aren't.
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Re:Europe is in danger of regulating its tech market out of ... by snowpid on Saturday July 27, 2024 @04:53PM (#41089269)
It's not and it won't accepted. WhatsApp will be for third party clients.
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Re:Europe is in danger of regulating its tech market out of ... by account42 on Monday July 29, 2024 @07:38AM (#41099621)
No, this is how monopolies build their turf. Individually it is almost impossible to say no to that but as society we can simply outlaw these lock in tactics.

You might have heard of the phone network and email. Both provide you with choices as to which corporations you want to do business with without limiting what contacts you can talk to.

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