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Re:Y Combinator Files Brief Supporting Epic Games by zb3 on Monday August 25, 2025 @08:05AM (#45012948)
> It's a tradeoff. You may have the knowledge and risk awareness [...] but the vast majority does not and should not have that power

But that power is not more dangerous than having guns, right? So.. while I can apply for a gun license, I can't apply for an unrestricted computing license, so something is wrong here, don't you think? Unless you believe guns are less dangerous.

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Re:Y Combinator Files Brief Supporting Epic Games by matheusmoreira on Monday August 25, 2025 @01:50PM (#45016625)
> But that power is not more dangerous than having guns, right?

It actually is.

Free computers are intolerably subversive. They can literally wipe out entire sectors of the economy just by copying artificially scarce things. They can defeat police, judges, militaries, governments by democratizing access to strong cryprography.

They want to control our computers at all costs. We must resist. Computers are too important for us to allow them to be controlled and limited.

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Re:Y Combinator Files Brief Supporting Epic Games by kjkjadksj on Monday August 25, 2025 @03:30PM (#45017937)
I can shoot an executive and it would tank the stock far more than anything I could do with a computer.
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