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I assume that you want more government control. Laws by definition always give the government more power over individuals. The last thing I want is government interfering with private enterprise when all people have to do is go to another website.



> Laws by definition always give the government more power over individuals.

Factually false. Some laws reduce that power. For example, a law that made it illegal for police departments to keep the proceeds of asset forfeiture would reduce the power of government over individuals, not increase it.

In this case, it does indeed create more government control, though it could be designed to limit the amount of additional control that is granted.

> all people have to do is go to another website

How does that help me when the email account I lost access to is already tied to most of my online life?

How does that help me when the music, books, movies or software I paid for is tied to the account that was banned?

How does that help me when the "website" is part of a market duopoly and losing access to it means my company will go out of business and I'll have to fire all my employees?

"go to another website" simply is not an adequate response to any of the above scenarios. Please proffer an alternative other than "it sucks to be you". The only other option I see is to make these companies common carriers and mandate interoperability / account portability. That seems like it gives the government far more power than simply mandating a fair dispute resolution system.




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