• left_is_best@feddit.online
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    7 days ago

    The government could pass a law (GASP!!!) requiring license agreements to be transferable. But capitalists aren’t actually interested in free markets, are they?

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      7 days ago

      We are overdue for a digital bill of rights written by people that understand computers and the Internet aren’t magic.

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        6 days ago

        i just dont see that happening. the venn overlap of the people who understand computers and who politic/wtite bills is too small

    • TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world
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      The freedom to buy competitors to shut them down and stifle innovation and competition. The freedom to grow exponentially and buy politicians. The freedom to literally get away with murder.

      That’s the “free market” billionaires refer to, when they sarcastically use the term.