Re:Poll: Do You Have A Problem With This Statement
by plinkplonk on Sunday August 09, 2009 @10:03AM
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"Airwaves" are not infrastructure."
Sure, but radio spectrum (which is what the OP meant by "infrastructure") is owned by the government and licensed to corporations subject to public good and review isn't it?
(pS: I don't have a dog in this fight. I've never used Apple Hardware or software and never will. So I don't really care what Apple does. Where I live Apple is a very very minor player anyway. Just trying to confirm my knowledge of how radio spectrum is owned and allotted).
Re:Poll: Do You Have A Problem With This Statement
by jrockway on Sunday August 09, 2009 @12:55PM
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handing someone a candy bar does not give you the right to tell them what to do
OK, let's stop giving away candy bars then. What's in it for me?
Re:Poll: Do You Have A Problem With This Statement
by randallsquared on Sunday August 09, 2009 @01:14PM
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I agree that we should stop giving away candy bars, but I don't understand your question.
Apple and AT&T do have government-granted privileges (such as limited liability and the huge swath of regulations which assist larger and existing corporations against their customers and smaller competitors), but regulations for and against don't "balance"; handing someone a candy bar does not give you the right to tell them what to do.