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Comment by alerighi

The problem is that you don't really have choice, these company created monopolies that are difficult to avoid, I wish I could switch all my computer to Linux, unfortunately I have to use software that works only on Windows, I have hardware that on Linux doesn't work well, and so on.

It's like who says that if the price of gasoline is too high we should simply stop using cars for a couple of days and the oil companies will drop the price, sure but what if I need my car to go to work ?

The real deal is that these abuses of dominant positions should be punished, a company like Microsoft or Google shouldn't be allowed to do actions aimed at damaging other small concurrent companies or discouraging the use of alternatives.

parent alerighi 8 years ago

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