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by cccc4all 1957 days ago
Apple and Google made business decision to be gatekeepers to their platforms. This resulted in great profit for the companies, but at great cost of user freedoms.

Many people have celebrated Apple and Google censor and deplatform their competition and others with political bias. It’s a private company, they can do whatever they want.

Pakistan is private country, they can do whatever they want. Now, they are using their powers to force Apple and Google censor and deplatform.

Slippery slope is slippery and water is wet. As the saying goes, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.