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Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by InDubioProRubio on Monday November 18, 2024 @03:29AM (#42170731)
Do they though, or are they just powerless consumers with no real choice, besides the colour of the wrapping?
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Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by eru on Monday November 18, 2024 @05:09AM (#42171154)
Why would consumers be powerless?
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Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by InDubioProRubio on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @02:56AM (#42180949)
There data is held hostage, they lack the knowledge and the skill to migrate services, the several companies they could buy from are owned by often one huge owner which prevents any meaningful competition. Consumers have a choice only in the placebo sense of which colour to choose in the company store with the company scrip.
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