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so are the utilities- Yet we still found a way to regulate them (in our capitalist dystopia)
by 1234letshaveatw 6y ago
so are the utilities- Yet we still found a way to regulate them (in our capitalist dystopia)
- esperent 6y agoOther countries that are not capitalist dystopias also regulate their utilities. So perhaps the problem lies elsewhere?
- petee 6y agoThey did that to themselves by creating monopolies, and leveraging their power over basic services to make money and fleece customers. Regulation exists for a reason
- SV_BubbleTime 6y agoGoogle using their massive resource tried to make a better platform than Facebook. They failed spectacularly. Are you suggesting Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp doesn’t have a monopoly on what each is?
- petee 6y agoThey do not provide a necessary public service; it's not drinking water or heat, you would be perfectly fine existing without Facebook. It's their private platform, they should do what's morally right by them, which is apparently doing nothing.
- SV_BubbleTime 6y agoOk, so using that exact line of thinking. Netflix isn’t a necessary public good or service - why can’t Comcast throttle it? Is it because I don’t get to say what you do or don’t use Netflix for? Then why does someone else get to determine what political speech I do or don’t get to see? They’re both over the Internet aren’t they? It’s far more nuanced than “they’re a private company”. Even at base level let’s say FINE, you should still want them to follow the spirit of free speech especially if not required to do so.
- jb775 6y agoI respectfully disagree. When a handful of "private" companies control the dialogue of the populace, it becomes a defacto public service. Similar to anti-discrimination laws, "private" companies should have to respect the underlying principles of free speech.
- conradfr 6y agoGoogle suspending an account = HN outrage Facebook / Twitter deleting posts = they are private companies, it's fine.