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"Amazon's got competition so it's not that big a deal if they don't stand up for free speech" Not what he said. He said that Amazon isn't a government body, bu
by edanm 16y ago
"Amazon's got competition so it's not that big a deal if they don't stand up for free speech"
Not what he said. He said that Amazon isn't a government body, but a business, so they're not supposed to "stand up for free speech". He mentioned competition to explain that Amazon is not a monopoly, wherein different rules might apply (if they were legitimately the only way to get things hosted, it would be a much bigger deal if they choose not to host you.)
- jdp23 16y agoHere's an excerpt of what he said: "There are plenty of choices for web hosting besides Amazon. And because they charge money for their services, they guarantee that there will always be. If Twitter had shut them off, that would be serious, because their pricing model, and lack of federation, more or less cuts off competition. There it would be really chilling. Here, not even slightly chilling."