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by brightlancer 1095 days ago
If Amazon and Google and other Big Companies were prevented from deleting accounts, what else would happen? How would the Big Companies game the system? Would that harm smaller companies (as regulation usually does)? Would we even see the benefits that were promised?

Regulation often makes things worse, so we can't just look at the potential benefits without considering the potential (and likely) negative consequences.

That doesn't mean folks are scared of regulation. It means they're _smart_ about it.

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I used to agree with you but it's getting out of hand these companies have more control than most states and governments over our communication, privacy, money, and general lives but we don't get to vote in who is running them. I'd rather start shooting and ask questions later before we get consumed by these behemoths. We need another Teddy Roosevelt and another antitrust sweep up in my opinion.