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Re:Microsoft Statement in Support of Epic [pdf] on Monday August 24, 2020 @09:55PM (#24267485)
So no, you don't have a better grasp of antitrust law than the Apple legal team. If they thought they were in the wrong they wouldn't do any of this.

It's such a stupid trope in any case.

A finite resource (not even a resource!) that people will wonder where they went after everything falls apart.
Fairness would involve treating everybody the same, rich or poor.

You don't like the poor, you just hate the rich.

"free"

okay but where does the money come from?

Re:One Google Staffer Fired, Two Others Put on Leave Amid Tensions on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @04:26AM (#21522380)
Tyranny of the majority
Re:One Google Staffer Fired, Two Others Put on Leave Amid Tensions on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @04:25AM (#21522376)
Linking a wikipedia article isn't an argument
Re:One Google Staffer Fired, Two Others Put on Leave Amid Tensions on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @04:24AM (#21522363)
>See TikTok's banning LGBT content

China owns TikTok

Re:One Google Staffer Fired, Two Others Put on Leave Amid Tensions on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @04:21AM (#21522347)
It's entirely possible to be a profitable competitive corporation and not do evil.
the chans are also actively moderated, and the chans remove CP and did remove other content after events happen
Single payer in the UK has already led to doctor shortages, so I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.

There's many ways to get to a shortage, cartels and single payer are but two.

Re:'Waffle House Index' is a real thing during disasters on Saturday September 07, 2019 @05:41AM (#20902790)
Capitalism is the private ownership of capital. That's the definition.

Capitalism is also 100% merit-based and unauthoritarian. Nobody is forcing people to use Amazon or McDonalds or Walmart. You might be confusing it with socialism, which is authoritarian as hell and has no regard for merit...

Re:Darpa wants help cracking the election security problem on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @07:33AM (#20624213)
Most countries require a form of voter ID.