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>Doctorow proposes forcing interoperability No surprise that Doctorow proposes authoritarian solutions to create an "open web". "It's open unless you run your
by ETH_start 3y ago
>Doctorow proposes forcing interoperability
No surprise that Doctorow proposes authoritarian solutions to create an "open web".
"It's open unless you run your server in ways me and my fellow ideologues disagree with"
- tomrod 3y agoI find that quite surprising.
- wmf 3y agoWhat's your take on Adam Smith?
- ETH_start 3y agoAmazing man
- reuben364 3y agoCurious what your thoughts are on the paradox of tolerence? Google and the person hosting a static blog on a server in their basement are not the same.
- ETH_start 3y agoLegal consequences, which are backed by the state's apparatus of violence comprising of police, judges and prisons, should only be used against those who engage in fraud or violence. Running a closed API, as much as I may dislike it, is neither of those things. There are plenty of other ways to counter closed APIs that do not rely on initiating force.
- reuben364 3y agoThere is also the tool of taxation and fines, which while in turn are backed by a threat of violence are not the black and white which you allude to.
- ETH_start 3y agoTaxes and fines are entirely within the realm of legal consequences I was referring to. Fining people who get abortions, or engage in promiscuous behavior, or don't subscribe to the dominant religion, doesn't strike you as authoritarian?