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by dissident_coder 895 days ago
Meta/Google/etc... at the end of the day are businesses, and the currency they deal with when transacting with us is our personal information and they convert that to dollars with their partners.

As I also value freedom of association, I am perfectly alright with them refusing to "do business" with me because I do not find the denomination and terms of the transaction acceptable.

I do not really have any inclination to want to compel them to serve me by force of gun, either.

I think both they and myself are better off in this scenario where we just choose to not do business with each other and I find some other business that has more acceptable terms - or I just go without, these services aren't as essential as some people think.