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angio | 1 year ago

Why would you want to live in a country that bans apps like dictatorships do? I'd rather live in a free country.

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kyleamazza|1 year ago

"Free" doesn't mean no restrictions. For example, apps/websites like Myspace and Facebook and anything that's been used to spread hate, cause bullying, or threats have always been a target of regulation, albeit never an outright ban.

In the case here, it's ostensibly being done with national security considerations in mind. What remains to be determined is whether or not these concerns are valid. But the idea that "free" means the government has no power to ban things, including apps, borders naïvety.

TulliusCicero|1 year ago

That's not what I'm saying at all. I'm talking about free trade.