s73v3r_

77 ms·

181.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"A company complying with the laws of the country it does business in seems fairly uncontroversial to me, even if you may not agree with those laws." See, that's where you and I differ; you're just referring to them as &
182.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Again, you've been asked to show the examples that support your point, and you have failed. Either you actually link the examples, or I have to conclude that you don't actually have any, or you know that none of the people you&#x2
183.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
No, the downvotes are for giving them a pass because they're trying to make money.
184.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
But that's what WhatsApp was doing before.
185.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
No, it's more the bratty kid on the playground who isn't getting their way, so they're throwing a fit and threatening to take their ball and go home.
186.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Or, better yet, why don't those companies ask before keeping all this data?
187.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"I have no idea what Jones was doing" Then it seems very bad faith for you to be using him as an example. "For Jones in particular, I believe the appropriate channels of response are for the person being harassed to: (1) Sue
188.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Are you trying to say that anti-equality and anti-women views are now mainstream conservative ones?
189.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
That Google is censoring conservative viewpoints.
190.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
If the dumb tv is poorly engineered and sets my house on fire, then I would be able to sue them for liability. I see no reason whatsoever why I should not be able to do the same thing if their software causes issues.
191.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
If you've got evidence, feel free to share it.
192.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
You were asked to provide evidence for your assertion, and you have failed to do so. Please do so, otherwise everyone will have to conclude that you are not discussing the topic in good faith.
193.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Or it's because we recognize that others also have freedom of speech, and freedom of association. If YouTube doesn't want Alex Jones spreading his unfounded conspiracies and saying that Sandy Hook victims are crisis actors, then w
194.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
You're gonna have to show some evidence for your accusations, and show how those examples are not against the ToS of those services.
195.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
But does that extend to advocating harassment? That's what Jones was accused of doing. Does harassment count as an unpopular opinion?
196.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Electricity and water are pretty important to be able to live. Being able to rant on Twitter isn't.
197.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"Silicon Valley's lack of ideological diversity is a big problem for them. " I've never seen a claim of this that didn't boil down to accepting bigotry or trying to do backflips to make it seem "logical" t
198.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
But that's the exact situation at hand.
199.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
You'd be extremely hard pressed to prove that it's an anti-right wing bias, though.
200.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Those two situations are completely and utterly different. Apples and lug wrenches, as it were.
201.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
There was never any evidence whatsoever that Google was doing anything to conservative sources. The only thing this is going to lead to is the same thing it lead to on Twitter: policing leftist sources that much harder so they can say, &quo
202.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
That's like saying that inspecting your meat would drive up the price. It is an absolute nonsense argument brought up by people who would prefer to have no responsibility for anything they do, ever.
203.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
And I'm also rejecting this argument that if we don't let software companies shovel whatever shit they want out the door without consequence, then nothing will happen. There is no basis for that whatsoever.
204.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I'm sorry, but I am rejecting that argument. "Configurable" and "Secure" are not opposite ends of the same axis. They are different axis altogether, that have very little to do with each other.
205.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
But, if they're not employees, then how can Uber do this?
206.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I'm sorry, but I absolutely reject that argument. No business is not hiring someone because they can't pay them below minimum wage.
207.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Both.
208.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Which is better than absolutely nothing, but now you have to pay the full company rate, which is usually much higher than someone who now doesn't have a job can afford.
209.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
While I agree, there are probably a handful of people who could actually make that happen. Most others would be told "I'm sorry, the position has been filled." It's a product of the vast power disparity between companies
210.
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
So let's tax the fuck out of these trillion dollar companies in order to make up for that.

More ›