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myrmidontoday at 11:16 AM1 replyview on HN

I understand the sentiment, but your government you can actually fix by voting.

If Apple (or another large international company) suffers from decreasing margins, gets a new CEO and decides to turn the data it sits on into money there is absolutely nothing you can do, and you might in fact still stay a "forced" customer because of network effects (=> just consider whatsapp being an important communication channel in many places worldwide).

I think this attitude in general is often harmful; if your government sucks, fix the government instead of making yourself dependent on some quasi-monopolist private company.


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eastboundtoday at 11:49 AM

You can fix companies by voting a government too. In fact, governments are quicker at fixing companies than themselves.

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