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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:
Taxation is not theft. Taxation pays for running water. Fire and emergency responce. Parks. Roads. Museums. Your a moron if you think taxation is theft and you should move somewhere very very far away and stop participating all together. You basic aoe. Jesus christ. %$##&^% stupid comment is that.
byChrisMaple ( 607946 ) writes:
Taxation provides money for dishonest politicians to give to their non-working relatives.
Taxation istheft. It's property taken without the owner's voluntary permission, and that's theft. The relevant consideration is whether the damage caused by the theft is smaller in magnitude than the good (if any) brought about by the exchange of tax money for goods and services.
byAnonymous Coward writes:
But all property was taken at some point. It is not like God gave a pice of land to somebody and said this is yours.
byreanjr ( 588767 ) writes:
That's exactly what happens in the Bible...
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