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That's a mistake to stop using your favorite tool just because you politically disagree with the company. BTW, "Net neutrality" by itself is not necessarily a g

That's a mistake to stop using your favorite tool just because you politically disagree with the company. BTW, "Net neutrality" by itself is not necessarily a good thing. Enforcing "Net neutrality" requires government regulation, and government regulations tend to not end good.

makmanalp 16y ago
Well, enforcing freedom and human rights also requires government regulation.
shadowfox 16y ago
Hmm. I found this a little confusing. > That's a mistake to stop using your favorite tool just because you politically disagree with the company Why would you continue to support a company whose policies you no longer support (if that was the case)? > "Net neutrality" by itself is not necessarily a good thing Can you explain a bit here? > Enforcing "Net neutrality" requires government regulation, and government regulations tend to not end good. Almost any sort of "enforcing" requires government support for it to be legal. This includes property rights. So I am not sure what is the exact point here
- notahacker 16y ago
  If you're using Google without clicking on their ads you're not exactly supporting them...
  - gasull 16y ago
    Wrong. You're helping them improve their search when you use it.
  - agentcoops 16y ago
    If you're giving Google data, you're most certainly supporting them.
- dennisgorelik 16y ago
  > Why would you continue to support a company whose policies you no longer support I use tools not because I want to support a company, but because the tool is useful to me. Things can be legal without enforcing them. For example, you can breath air without government enforcing it. Or you can switch search engine providers without government enforcement. More important observation here is that this particular article and discussion in comments is too politically charged (my comment above got even downvoted twice already). That's a bad sign and most likely nothing good would come out from this discussion.
  - viraptor 16y ago
    > I use tools not because I want to support a company, but because the tool is useful to me. I guess it's about the balance. If I think that the company gains more than I do in that exchange (for example I get the data I need, but they get more money from ad views and more information to process), then they can convert that gain to introduce more policies I disagree with. If this is not in my interest, then maybe I should stop using the tool.
nostrademons 16y ago
"Laws" also require government regulation, yet you wouldn't have much commerce without them.

makmanalp 16y ago

Well, enforcing freedom and human rights also requires government regulation.

shadowfox 16y ago

Hmm. I found this a little confusing. > That's a mistake to stop using your favorite tool just because you politically disagree with the company Why would you continue to support a company whose policies you no longer support (if that was the case)? > "Net neutrality" by itself is not necessarily a good thing Can you explain a bit here? > Enforcing "Net neutrality" requires government regulation, and government regulations tend to not end good. Almost any sort of "enforcing" requires government support for it to be legal. This includes property rights. So I am not sure what is the exact point here

notahacker 16y ago
If you're using Google without clicking on their ads you're not exactly supporting them...
- gasull 16y ago
  Wrong. You're helping them improve their search when you use it.
- agentcoops 16y ago
  If you're giving Google data, you're most certainly supporting them.
dennisgorelik 16y ago
> Why would you continue to support a company whose policies you no longer support I use tools not because I want to support a company, but because the tool is useful to me. Things can be legal without enforcing them. For example, you can breath air without government enforcing it. Or you can switch search engine providers without government enforcement. More important observation here is that this particular article and discussion in comments is too politically charged (my comment above got even downvoted twice already). That's a bad sign and most likely nothing good would come out from this discussion.
- viraptor 16y ago
  > I use tools not because I want to support a company, but because the tool is useful to me. I guess it's about the balance. If I think that the company gains more than I do in that exchange (for example I get the data I need, but they get more money from ad views and more information to process), then they can convert that gain to introduce more policies I disagree with. If this is not in my interest, then maybe I should stop using the tool.

nostrademons 16y ago

"Laws" also require government regulation, yet you wouldn't have much commerce without them.