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0 pointscolechristensen5y ago0 comments

Legislation equating these walled gardens as a new kind of monopoly. Legislation making “terms and conditions” less like laws, and less enforceable.

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But wouldn’t that bring down most software companies... terms and conditions have some pretty important legitimate uses...

No, software isn’t special, you should be able to buy it just like you buy other things.

What other things? Do you mean not using copyright as the underlying control mechanism?

how do you recoup your investment then when making software? wont everyone just pirate/duplicate it?

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0 pointscolechristensen5y ago0 comments

Legislation equating these walled gardens as a new kind of monopoly. Legislation making “terms and conditions” less like laws, and less enforceable.

But wouldn’t that bring down most software companies... terms and conditions have some pretty important legitimate uses...

No, software isn’t special, you should be able to buy it just like you buy other things.

What other things? Do you mean not using copyright as the underlying control mechanism?

how do you recoup your investment then when making software? wont everyone just pirate/duplicate it?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse