Facebook is just an endpoint on the internet. Nothing more. AT&T is an ISP among other carrier things. How can a server, or a set of servers be anything more than an endpoint? That you would compare ATT and FB shows a…
I rarely use services anyway because it is typically a bad idea to get so intertwined with software that I can't control.
It is irrelevant. A private business is a private business and they can set their rules as they please as long as it doesn't run afoul of laws (ADA in the states for example). That you think there is some important…
Show me where you have a right to access a popular server that is not owned by you. Show me where you have the right to have a conversation. That means that others can be compelled to talk to you.
That is not even close to true. They stop you from using their services, that is it. You have no right to access popular private servers. You have no right to a conversation because everyone else has the right to ignore…
You would end up criminally charged with disseminating CP, violating copyright and more within a month. It is easy to be an internet tough guy, how about you actually start a simple file server with no restrictions and…
On my property, I have the final say on what is and is not allowed. Why should a company not have the same right on their property? Stores do. Go to a store and cause a ruckus and watch the ban hammer come down on you…
Oddly enough, there is not a strong business case in allowing the dregs of society to post their garbage all over your servers. If Twitter adopted 4chan policies, it would be destroyed financially in short order.…
Again, Google is not stopping you from using your speech. If they ban you, they are telling you that they don't want you on their private property. They don't take away your internet connection. When did society need…
Corporations only make that distinction on their property. These big tech companies do not have the power to silence anyone. Just like you can ban people you don't like from yours.
That is a problem except that no one gets booted for being conservative, so it is not really a problem. The top performers on FB are conservative pages for crying out loud! They are afraid of much, which is the problem.…
If a company doesn't know exactly why and where their competitors are better then them, they are not long for this world.
Why do I care if some service uses them? I severely restrict service usage anyway.
How can an endpoint, no matter how large that endpoint is, be considered to be a common carrier? Justice Thomas is hardly a reliable source for making it so.
What do you lose by not being able to post or upload files on a Google-owned server? People act like being banned is a life threatening event.
I don't do business with either Google or Apple. I don't need them to do anything at all. There are competitors to Visa. I can do anything I want without Apple, Visa, Google and even Amazon and Microsoft.
You start with a faulty premise: google services are public, so you have no valid point. Build your own data center and upload anything you want. Don't demand that a private company give you an unfettered soapbox. Also…
There is a difference between opposing viewpoints and factually incorrect information that is destructive. If your view is based on provable falsehoods, your view is worse than valueless. Tolerating these people is…
Google has property rights. They don't want BS that is harming everyone on their property. I would ban the same on my property. That said, there is no reason to ever use Google. Nothing they offer is so critical that…
> Obviously, if I work as a developer making a stock trading app, I shouldn't be making a competing stock trading app after hours. How is that obvious? If a single person, regardless of where they work, can produce a…
Facebook is just an endpoint on the internet. Nothing more. AT&T is an ISP among other carrier things. How can a server, or a set of servers be anything more than an endpoint? That you would compare ATT and FB shows a…
I rarely use services anyway because it is typically a bad idea to get so intertwined with software that I can't control.
It is irrelevant. A private business is a private business and they can set their rules as they please as long as it doesn't run afoul of laws (ADA in the states for example). That you think there is some important…
Show me where you have a right to access a popular server that is not owned by you. Show me where you have the right to have a conversation. That means that others can be compelled to talk to you.
That is not even close to true. They stop you from using their services, that is it. You have no right to access popular private servers. You have no right to a conversation because everyone else has the right to ignore…
You would end up criminally charged with disseminating CP, violating copyright and more within a month. It is easy to be an internet tough guy, how about you actually start a simple file server with no restrictions and…
On my property, I have the final say on what is and is not allowed. Why should a company not have the same right on their property? Stores do. Go to a store and cause a ruckus and watch the ban hammer come down on you…
Oddly enough, there is not a strong business case in allowing the dregs of society to post their garbage all over your servers. If Twitter adopted 4chan policies, it would be destroyed financially in short order.…
Again, Google is not stopping you from using your speech. If they ban you, they are telling you that they don't want you on their private property. They don't take away your internet connection. When did society need…
Corporations only make that distinction on their property. These big tech companies do not have the power to silence anyone. Just like you can ban people you don't like from yours.
That is a problem except that no one gets booted for being conservative, so it is not really a problem. The top performers on FB are conservative pages for crying out loud! They are afraid of much, which is the problem.…
If a company doesn't know exactly why and where their competitors are better then them, they are not long for this world.
Why do I care if some service uses them? I severely restrict service usage anyway.
How can an endpoint, no matter how large that endpoint is, be considered to be a common carrier? Justice Thomas is hardly a reliable source for making it so.
What do you lose by not being able to post or upload files on a Google-owned server? People act like being banned is a life threatening event.
I don't do business with either Google or Apple. I don't need them to do anything at all. There are competitors to Visa. I can do anything I want without Apple, Visa, Google and even Amazon and Microsoft.
You start with a faulty premise: google services are public, so you have no valid point. Build your own data center and upload anything you want. Don't demand that a private company give you an unfettered soapbox. Also…
There is a difference between opposing viewpoints and factually incorrect information that is destructive. If your view is based on provable falsehoods, your view is worse than valueless. Tolerating these people is…
Google has property rights. They don't want BS that is harming everyone on their property. I would ban the same on my property. That said, there is no reason to ever use Google. Nothing they offer is so critical that…
> Obviously, if I work as a developer making a stock trading app, I shouldn't be making a competing stock trading app after hours. How is that obvious? If a single person, regardless of where they work, can produce a…