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> When private actors behave badly, you can opt out and go for competiting services.

Except when they're a quasi-monopoly, then people find it more difficult to opt out. Hence anti-trust laws, and more recently, GDPR.

> It is a pure attack on Freedom.

By definition, all laws are exactly that. The question is never "does this law restrict my freedom?" but always "on balance, am I happy with the way this law restricts my/others freedom, and what might be the (un)intended consequences?".

So while it's a dumb proposal, it's hardly more stifling to creativity than 70+ years of draconian copyright protection.



You're still free to open a competing service, and can leverage the fact that you are better than the other guys as free advertisement basically.




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