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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by burnte on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @01:31PM (#48479713)
> The idea that there is such a thing as "law-breaking products" when consumers ACTIVELY CHOOSE TO SPEND THEIR MONEY ON THEM is insane to me. This is authoritarian nonsense.

Remember Silk Road? You could order cocaine, heroin, and even execution contracts, which the founder himself go caught doing. I don't think making something illegal to buy is authoritarian nonsense. I don't want people ordering a murder on me from Uber Hits.

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Re:Apple decided not to roll out Siri in EU after denied req... by wrineha2 on Monday June 22, 2026 @01:19PM (#48633021)
FWIW, the contract-for-hire charges were never prosecuted probably because the agents who cajoled Ulbricht into setting it up were eventually convicted of stealing bitcoin from the operation. See: https://reason.com/2016/08/02/ross-ulbrichts-conviction-sent...
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