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by noAnswer 1400 days ago
> It's like someone messed with your car tank and tires and the police stop you from driving it because it is unsafe to other drivers, they are not punishing you but protecting other people from being hurt by your property.

The police says why they stopped you though! Which implies what you have to change in order to be able to drive again. They will not say "you have to figure it out on your own or the guys who messed with your car would have it more easy."

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Yes, because the police serve you but MS serves its customers and even the police will not diagnose your car for you, they might say "we see gas leaking, stop driving" but they won't tell you if the fuel line, tank, injector,etc are responsible. MS's block is for MS customers not the public, MS also is not the only vendor that does this, there are dozens of vendors that provide domain reputation services like this to their customers. MS can block random sites and is their right, if you disagree stop using edge and use firefox maybe.
> MS can ___ and is their right, if you disagree stop using ____.

This is a pretty weak position to fall back to.

MS is disparaging their business and is trying to make themselves unaccountable. And they aren't customers so they have nothing to walk away from.