On: Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store

[alangibson]

Technical distinctions are irrelevant to someone at headquarters worried about having a regulatory probe inserted in their backside.

[throwagainway → alangibson]

But this one is important, no? This is like banning Firefox because it can connect to illegal content.

[alangibson → throwagainway]

Yea, it's a lot like that. The idea of banning browsers that don't actively police what users are able to access (maybe via something like a global blacklist) is no longer crazy.

[uncoder0 → throwagainway]

It is relevant, it makes it more absurd than Parler's bans but, I was just trying to point out they're for the same core reason.