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by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 2432 days ago
> If any rule/law = "authoritarian regime" to you I think we can't stop the discussion now and save us both some time.

Can you quote where I said anything about a "regime"?

> Google is free to handle its playstore as it please as long as it follow the law,

Which is true, but completely besides the point? I am free to call you a clueless asshole. But if the discussion is about how to have a constructive dialog, me pointing out that I am free to call you a clueless asshole contributes exactly nothing to the conversation and at best shows that I have no clue what the discussion is about.

> I doubt google will pull a genocide anytime soon.

Your point being? Authoritarianism is good when it's not a genocide, because ... ?

> Setting boundaries/rules doesn't make you an authoritarian regime.

Again: Where did you pull that "regime" from? And also, no, "setting boundaries/rules" does not make for authoritarianism, that is correct. Why did you assume that I wasn't aware of that?

> If you want to pull the "this reminds me of the darkest hours of our history" card you better find something more important than an app removal from a mobile phone app store if you want to be taken seriously.

Why? And no, simply pointing out that one thing is worse than the other is not a relevant argument, that's simply straw manning, because noone claimed that one was as bad as the other.