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Re: Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say

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They're nothing like utilities and it makes no sense to treat them that way. Instead the u.s. needs laws that protect user digital rights, and all companies should have to adhere to those laws, not just big ones.

That could have a huge chilling effect on start ups, indi devs, and hobbyists

So be it. From a user perspective it doesn't matter if a big company or a small company is abusing custody of user data.

Re: Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say

#122

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They're nothing like utilities and it makes no sense to treat them that way. Instead the u.s. needs laws that protect user digital rights, and all companies should have to adhere to those laws, not just big ones.

That could have a huge chilling effect on start ups, indi devs, and hobbyists

I don't see the harm for start ups to think about their user's rights early on. Better it becomes part of their Startup DNA than having to learn it later and adopt their company.

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I'm not familiar with what army the EU has to enforce that recourse. Ultimately, rights depend on the threat or actual application of force.

Microsoft have to choose whether to operate in the EU. There's been a long struggle between conflicting rules of US unaccountable intelligence access vs. EU privacy law ("safe harbour") that is relevant here. https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2015/10/06/a-messa...

Honestly, the day may come when some US corporations decide operating in the EU is more trouble than it's worth. I don't really expect that--it's a big market--but it could happen.

Re: Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say

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Another example of why we need FLOSS and open platforms, so instead of calling via Skype and maybe using Windows he/she use GNU/Linux and call via Ring or host a small GNU SIPWitch, and maybe also offer wireguard to hes/shes peers to reduce snooping.

If such use of tech that already exists since decades became spread ALSO the giant will learn to be good citizens not "state-like entity" acting as bully.

Re: Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say

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Typical sentence of people that are guilty, just like those who pretend they should be able to hide information outside of the protective gaze of the glorious all-powerful elites who know better than thouh. What are you trying to hide, you seditious terrorist, hmm?

Nice atronym.

Like a typo of aptronym/aptonym or like a neologism mixing -nym and atro- from Latin atrox which gives atrocity in English? :D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/atrox#Latin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/atrocity

Re: Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say

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Quick fact check: According to the UN, there is now a famine in Gaza because of Israel's actions: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/10/is-there-famine-in-... > “Israel’s intentional and targeted starvation campaign against the Palestinian people is a form of genocidal violence and has resulted in famine across all of Gaza,” 10 independent UN experts, including the special rapporteur on the right to food and the s…

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You are reiterating Israeli talking points which, just like al Jazeera , are also misleading and not reflective of the actual situation.

Re: Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say

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It has R&D centers and local business centers. Skype is not in Israel and there's no reason for a VoIP solution to route through a country local facility. The "complete siege" ended ages ago. Israel provides power, food etc.

Quick fact check: According to the UN, there is now a famine in Gaza because of Israel's actions: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/10/is-there-famine-in-... > “Israel’s intentional and targeted starvation campaign against the Palestinian people is a form of genocidal violence and has resulted in famine across all of Gaza,” 10 independent UN experts, including the special rapporteur on the right to food and the s…

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Re: Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say

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Some people forget that everyone is innocent until proven guilty.

Some people forget the right of free association means companies have a broad (though not universal!) right to reject someone as a customer.

Some people forget that when they signed up to a service, they granted the service provider the right to decide when to cease providing the service, at the service provider's discretion.

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