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What a childish response and a great way to invite future regulation. I’m not an Edge customer but if I was I wouldn’t be anymore. Why would I entrust my money
by basisword 5y ago
What a childish response and a great way to invite future regulation. I’m not an Edge customer but if I was I wouldn’t be anymore. Why would I entrust my money with a company that ignores the law and responds in memes?
- oh_sigh 5y agoIs it against the law for a US company to say "No" to a "request" by the Canadian government? Does edge even have a presence in Canada or need to follow Canadian laws(if the request is actually a demand)?
- cldellow 5y agoTo me, it's not even clear from that article that Edge received a request from the Canadian government. This reads more as good PR / linkbait to get eyeballs.
- berberous 5y agoThey are not ignoring the law: “And most importantly, we can’t even if we wanted to.” Sounds like they are a non-custodial wallet or similar. While they may truly believe the law is amoral and are in part happy to make that statement, this is primarily a marketing stunt for the pro-privacy and unseizable aspects of self-custodied crypto wallets.
- djbusby 5y agoThey should have opened with the facts. Then put the meme. Plus, that wasn't even the best "no" meme to choose.
- berberous 5y agoI’ve never heard of them and everyone in this thread now has. I think they succeeded with the marketing stunt. If they led with the facts it wouldn’t have been as viral as it leverages people’s extreme interest in this political issue.
- basisword 5y agoI’d never heard of them. Now I have and know to never use them.
- laverya 5y agoPresumably because "government not able to seize my money" >>>>> "government able to seize money of my opponents". (I am not an Edge customer either)
- fallingknife 5y agoIt's amazing how many people don't understand "government can take money from people I don't like" == "government can take money from me"
- ren_engineer 5y ago>What a childish response and a great way to invite future regulation why should private citizens have to lick the boots of government officials when they make stupid demands? They deserve mockery and being able to mock authority without fear of reprisal is the foundation of democracy >I’m not an Edge customer but if I was I wouldn’t be anymore you aren't their target market
- parkingrift 5y agoYou would rather store your money with an institution that would freely comply with a request to have your assets frozen without due process? To each their own, I guess.
- basisword 5y agoI would prefer to store my money with an institution that follows the laws of my country. That seems pretty sensible.
- tastyfreeze 5y agoWhat would you want your institution to do when the government decides that your money is no longer yours because you supported somebody they don't like? That is what is happening here. A government attempt to silence dissidents.
- familymart 5y ago[dead]
- philistine 5y agoTake a chill pill. The money is frozen, not seized.
- tastyfreeze 5y agoIf you don't have absolute control of your money it isn't yours.
- irthomasthomas 5y agoI envy you that you aren't aware of the intimate relationship between crypto and memes. Cryptobros talk in memes. They love this. Thumbing your nose to the legacy governments and establishment is de rigueur.