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People don't have to buy this stuff you know... In a free market vendors should have the freedom to create bad subscription services and consumers should be fr

by kypro 2y ago

People don't have to buy this stuff you know... In a free market vendors should have the freedom to create bad subscription services and consumers should be free to buy other hardware if they don't like it... I buy a $100 phone like once every 3 years... No one is forcing me to buy a premium Apple phone every year. Doing so is purely a consumer choice. Perhaps a stupid one, but one consumers should have imo. Just because you and I don't like it surely doesn't mean it should be regulated.

isodev 2y ago
The problem is, it's not a free market. We as consumers are literally stuck between gatekeepers. Regulation is not only recommended, it's desperately needed (or alternative way to force corps out of dark patterns).