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Dutch regulators order Apple to allow developers to opt-out of their payment system; Apple responds by making this option expensive and difficult (archive.md)
posted 4 years ago by altmehere 4 years ago by altmehere +42 / -0
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– when_we_win_remember 12 points 4 years ago +12 / -0

The problem is the government stopped enforcing antitrust. Collusion is a failure mode of free markets. I'm sure there are libertarians that are stupid enough to tell you this is ok, but there are also so-called liberals and so-called conservatives that agree.

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– AboriginalIvory 6 points 4 years ago +6 / -0

Problem is the government created these regulations that caused the amassed power to occur to a few corporations.

If your trying to blame anything on anything always start with the government and its regulations.

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– when_we_win_remember 2 points 4 years ago +2 / -0

Seems like these corporations control the government with their money. It's a bit hard to tell cause from effect. Most things that stick around are feedback loops, anyways. My moral and practical libertarian view is that free markets are good, and regulatory capture is bad. It seems unreasonable to expect enlightened behavior out of corporations, so I suggest we take back the government.

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– Tourgen 2 points 4 years ago +2 / -0

Who is paying who? Who is scared and building escape bunkers in remote locations? It's not the politicians. I understand the gaslighting is powerful and the truth is hard to see. Just follow the money and watch what they do.

What we have now is fascist central government. Government is directing corporations to do their bidding and help with clearly unconstitutional acts. They use the "it's a private company" diversion and confuse.

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– when_we_win_remember 1 point 4 years ago +1 / -0

Who is paying who?

Both. Corps pay for pols' reelection campaign slush funds, and government buys extensively from corps under "muh commercial off the shelf"

Anyways, I don't know that we disagree on anything, and you seem cool

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