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No government body was restricting their free speech. It was only the free market refusing to do business with them.
by gurleen_s 6y ago
No government body was restricting their free speech. It was only the free market refusing to do business with them.
- trident5000 6y ago"free market" aka 2 coordinating app stores with complete dominance. Server hosting is a step down in oligopoly behavior but its consolidating fast.
- IOT_Apprentice 6y agoParler does not need a app, they can be a fully functioning site for conservative hate speech by using the latest in web technology. They don't need a app.
- FireBeyond 6y agoAndroid devices allow side loading, and as noted, you don't need an app to use Parler. Server hosting is still entirely a commodity. "Cloud Providers" are also a (smaller) commodity. Vendor tie-in (to things like AWS) is a problem for a number of businesses entirely less controversial than Parler.
- trident5000 6y agoAnd I get get into the cake store by going through the dark alley and into the back entrance even though the front door sign says closed. Everyone knows the reach is drastically limited, which is the entire point.
- FireBeyond 6y agoI'm sorry, remind me again what inherent right you have to a third party paying to ensure you have bright lights and big signs on your front door?
- Mediterraneo10 6y ago> Android devices allow side loading Possibly not for long, though. There has been speculation that Google will push to have its "Advanced Protection" model extended to mass-market phones. This would make it impossible to side-load apps, except for that tiny minority of nerds like us who know how to enable ADB and push the app to the device over the command line.