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Only the Canadian govt. is to blame for this.

bregma 3y ago
The government of Canada is of the people, by the people, for the people of Canada. You're saying it's the people of Canada who are responsible for a business interest refusing to extract their wealth if it can not be done for free, and you're entirely correct. Goodbye Meta and Google and other greedy foreign exploiters and don't let the door hit you on the way out.
- cscurmudgeon 3y ago
  > The government of Canada is of the people, by the people, for the people of Canada. You're saying it's the people of Canada who are responsible for a business interest So they can never make mistakes and be blame free in any scenario? > refusing to extract their wealth if it can not be done for free, and you're entirely correct. Yes, now they can keep all their wealth with them. Why are they complaining? Why fret over this if extraction is being stopped by these companies shutting down link sharing? > Goodbye Meta and Google and other greedy foreign exploiters and don't let the door hit you on the way out. Yes, it is the foreign companies who are greedy and not rent seeking mega news corps who want $$$ for linking to them lol. There are no large media companies in Canada, just independent journalism pure in heart and no commercial intent. /s > greedy foreign exploiters So xenophobia is a cause for this action?
onlypositive 3y ago
In the Australian case Facebook acted in retaliation. The law was about news media, Facebook shutdown a bunch of unrelated govt services pages in retaliation. Facebook definitely deserves a lot of blame. Likely in this case too. I'm pro capitalist as much as the next guy but laws are by the people, if a business wants to extract money from our community it needs to play by our rules. Facebook cutting access is like a badly raised toddler throwing a tantrum.
- cscurmudgeon 3y ago
  By this logic, shouldn't news orgs pay people in their stories? > I'm pro capitalist as much as the next guy but laws are by the people, if a business wants to extract money from our community it needs to play by our rules. Wait, if FB was extracting money, wouldn't FB shutting down linking cause more money to flow into news orgs? Shouldn't you celebrate this as it will reduce the "extraction"? Why fret over this if extraction is being stopped? If news orgs truly believe in extraction, they would be celebrating this shutdown in the streets. > Facebook cutting access is like a badly raised toddler throwing a tantrum. In the free world, we are allowed to choose our actions to some extent.

The government of Canada is of the people, by the people, for the people of Canada. You're saying it's the people of Canada who are responsible for a business interest refusing to extract their wealth if it can not be done for free, and you're entirely correct. Goodbye Meta and Google and other greedy foreign exploiters and don't let the door hit you on the way out.

cscurmudgeon 3y ago
> The government of Canada is of the people, by the people, for the people of Canada. You're saying it's the people of Canada who are responsible for a business interest So they can never make mistakes and be blame free in any scenario? > refusing to extract their wealth if it can not be done for free, and you're entirely correct. Yes, now they can keep all their wealth with them. Why are they complaining? Why fret over this if extraction is being stopped by these companies shutting down link sharing? > Goodbye Meta and Google and other greedy foreign exploiters and don't let the door hit you on the way out. Yes, it is the foreign companies who are greedy and not rent seeking mega news corps who want $$$ for linking to them lol. There are no large media companies in Canada, just independent journalism pure in heart and no commercial intent. /s > greedy foreign exploiters So xenophobia is a cause for this action?

onlypositive 3y ago

In the Australian case Facebook acted in retaliation. The law was about news media, Facebook shutdown a bunch of unrelated govt services pages in retaliation. Facebook definitely deserves a lot of blame. Likely in this case too. I'm pro capitalist as much as the next guy but laws are by the people, if a business wants to extract money from our community it needs to play by our rules. Facebook cutting access is like a badly raised toddler throwing a tantrum.

cscurmudgeon 3y ago
By this logic, shouldn't news orgs pay people in their stories? > I'm pro capitalist as much as the next guy but laws are by the people, if a business wants to extract money from our community it needs to play by our rules. Wait, if FB was extracting money, wouldn't FB shutting down linking cause more money to flow into news orgs? Shouldn't you celebrate this as it will reduce the "extraction"? Why fret over this if extraction is being stopped? If news orgs truly believe in extraction, they would be celebrating this shutdown in the streets. > Facebook cutting access is like a badly raised toddler throwing a tantrum. In the free world, we are allowed to choose our actions to some extent.