Re:EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App
by fsflover on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @02:52PM
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Duopoly is not a free market. It doesn't offer true alternatives.
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Re:EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App
by EA-3167 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @03:31PM
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Again, "true" is not a synonym for "what I'd prefer."
Re:EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App
by CRConrad on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @04:13PM
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Sure. Just like duopoly isn't a synonym for freedom. So, just because you'd apparently prefer that it be, that doesn't make it true.
Re:EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App
by EA-3167 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @04:16PM
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I didn't say that, I said that talking about tyranny in this context is divorced from reality, and it is. I'm not even engaging with the "duopoly" thing, I know how hopeless a conversation like that. I just wish that people could represent their desires and complaints on this topic like rational adults.
Re:EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App
by fsflover on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @03:54AM
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> talking about tyranny in this context is divorced from reality, and it is
This is plain false, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duopoly#Characteristics_of_duo...
Re:EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App
by EA-3167 on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @10:43AM
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Do you understand how me saying "Tyranny" and you responding "Duopoly" isn't really a conversation or even debate? We're literally talking about different things.
edit Since this seems to need clarification: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tyranny
Re:EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App
by fsflover on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @11:22AM
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So what exactly do you mean by "Tyranny"? I mean that customers do not have a choice and can't affect the market, due to high entry barriers and the presence of monopoly elements.
Re:EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App
by CRConrad on Saturday February 15, 2025 @02:13PM
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Still, neither duopoly nor even monopoly really amount to "tyranny". When was the last time some duopolist threw you into a GULAG, or their death squads slaughtered people willy-nilly in the streets?
Stop misusing words like that. It debases them.