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If a company doesn't want to provide services to another company, that's their choice. You don't have a right to use their software, nor should they be forced
by shepardrtc 6y ago
If a company doesn't want to provide services to another company, that's their choice. You don't have a right to use their software, nor should they be forced to provide services to people or companies that violate their rules.
- rvz 6y agoWe already know. They're a private platform and they can remove / censor / de-platform whoever they want and you're only 'licensed' to use their software unless you violate their ToS. Here goes the cycle. 1. De-platformed from Twitter or Facebook, Don't like it? build your own social network. 2. De-platformed off of AWS, GCP, Azure, Don't like it? build your own servers (i.e self-hosting) 3. De-platformed off of the internet payments level. Don't like it? Use cryptocurrencies. 4. De-platformed off of the IP level. Don't like it? Register and assign your own ASNs. But don't worry, de-platforming won't happen to us, I'm sure that big tech always listens to their users! /s
- totalZero 6y agoI can't think of a single voice that I wanted to hear, nor a single entity with which I wanted to interact, that was successfully de-platformed through any of these pathways.
- COGlory 6y agoYeah but I'm OK making the decision about who I want to interact with myself. I don't need other people to make it for me.
- shepardrtc 6y agoAll of those points are correct. "Big Tech" can remove me if they want. Why are they required to serve me?
- flipcoder 6y agoBe careful what you wish for