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byFrank Malenfant ( 5456240 ) writes:
As much as I think these FAANG companies should be forced to pay more taxes, I think Android's business model is a very fair deal. Free OS in exchange of plugging their other free services. Don't Apple phones force you to use iTunes and all sorts of funky Apple cables and expensive iSutff? Nothing prevents us from using other search engines or Amazon's AppStore on an Android Device, and we cas have a wide range of phones at any price.
I'd rather have Google Search preinstalled on all my phones than being f
byBlackOverflow ( 5394496 ) writes:
Taxation is theft.
byAnonymous Coward writes:
Road use is theft.
byAnonymous Coward writes:
Oxygen use is theft.
byAnonymous Coward writes:
mining is theft of our global resources
byChrisMaple ( 607946 ) writes:
Who "our"? You don't own the soil under another person's property.
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byrea1l1 ( 903073 ) writes:
Private property is theft of the commons, defended by threat. Every creature on this planet is joint owner. Claiming vast swaths of land that aren't used is a grave offense to those born into a world of artificial scarcity, which serves only to bottle humanity into a subjugated renting slave class.
Ownership of property ought only extend to a territorial boundary of actual personal use, and never for private profits, but only personal necesities. There is a class of men sitting around doing nothing, owning e
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