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I disagree. It IS censorship to prevent someone from using your service to distribute their message. It is not GOVERNMENT censorship. Censorship engaged in volu
by mcherm 14y ago
I disagree. It IS censorship to prevent someone from using your service to distribute their message. It is not GOVERNMENT censorship. Censorship engaged in voluntarily is not necessarily a bad thing, nor is there a legally protected right to use someone else's service to distribute your message. But in this case LessAnnoying had a value of their own (not legally mandated) of allowing anyone to use their service regardless of content. They used Apple's AppStore as an example of the kind of behavior they did NOT want to engage in.
This internal desire not to refuse service based on the content of the message came into conflict with their desire not to assist patent trolls. They chose to value the former over the latter.