jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoA third of the world’s population lacks internet connectivity − airborne communications stations could change thattheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1177
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minus-squareRobaque@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months ago and the company Surely the company would never be just as authoritarian as the state! ~ [cue anti-consumer subscription models and user policies]
minus-squareBelatedPeacock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIf nothing else, at least companies can’t force you to pay for their services at gunpoint (yet).
minus-squareRobaque@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThey can use the state to do that for them
Surely the company would never be just as authoritarian as the state!
~ [cue anti-consumer subscription models and user policies]
If nothing else, at least companies can’t force you to pay for their services at gunpoint (yet).
They can use the state to do that for them