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That analogy doesn't even make sense. Also, nobody is arguing that people are "being forced" to use google services, feel free to quote a single person here th

• carapace 6y ago
  It makes sense to me, or I wouldn't have used it. > nobody is arguing that people are "being forced" to use google services My point is that they entered into the [contractual] relationship voluntarily and now that they have become dependent on their provider some folks here are saying that they want to alter the deal by legal end-run as opposed to just using some other service or trying to renegotiate en mass ("Google users' union", "Boycott Google", whatever) or creating or promoting alternatives. If you want to be a lemming and jump off the cliff, I don't like it but it's your life. The specific thing I'm on about here today is, don't jump off the cliff and then shout for the government to give you a parachute.
• carapace 6y ago
  Also, everfree, in a sib comment in this thread: > [these services] are a lot less voluntary then you think in certain segments. > So if you are, say, an independent videographer, YouTube is not voluntary. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24969812 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24969812