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minus-squareforemanguy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-223 days agoLand cables are not that expensive but they are in charge of the State, things like balloons or Starlink are the charge of the user and the company, the State doesn’t get the money but doesn’t need to build infrastructures
minus-squareRobaque@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·23 days 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-up1·22 days agoIf nothing else, at least companies can’t force you to pay for their services at gunpoint (yet).
minus-squareRobaque@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoThey can use the state to do that for them
Land cables are not that expensive but they are in charge of the State, things like balloons or Starlink are the charge of the user and the company, the State doesn’t get the money but doesn’t need to build infrastructures
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