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by 6f8986c3 1803 days ago
Regulation, unfortunately, probably can’t solve this.

Imagine that we had the most thoroughly crafted law imaginable to prevent private messages from being blocked or modified.

You still have to take those companies to court, which cost a ton of money, fight them over years, and even if you win, then what?

The only workable strategies I see at this point are to fight to preserve individual choice, and the ability to connect point-to-point.