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"It's not my personal responsibility to attempt to enforce antitrust against companies by boycotting them at significant personal expense".
by gpm 6y ago
"It's not my personal responsibility to attempt to enforce antitrust against companies by boycotting them at significant personal expense".
- varispeed 6y agoExactly, there are bodies that are supposed to protect consumers from that behaviour, unfortunately they failed everyone massively. That in itself begs for an inquiry how those institutions actually work and whether it is worth spending tax payer money on them if they consistently fail to deliver.
- jjoonathan 6y ago...and if that exact kind of navel-gazing is why they don't work? What then?
- varispeed 6y agoCharge people for failing to deliver, dispense huge fines and jail time. Then rebuild it in a way to avoid mistakes why the previous solution didn't work.
- sneak 6y agoAdditionally, it is still (for the moment) possible to engage with Apple computer hardware without using any of their bullshit services (like the App Store) into which all their anticompetitive behavior has so far been constrained. This is of course not so on Apple mobile devices: it's dox yourself to the App Store or GTFO over there.