• @CosmicTurtle@lemmy.worldOP
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      1316 months ago

      Anytime big corporations say this, I just kind of laugh and say, “So…you have nothing to hide, right?”

      • @Nommer@sh.itjust.works
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        6 months ago

        It reminds me of a kid telling their parents not to check on something because they know they’ll get in trouble.

        • @Tak@lemmy.ml
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          166 months ago

          Of a kid? Were you that kid? Lol I know I was that dumbass kid on many occasions.

          My nephew was completely convinced that when he lied his nose would grow like Pinocchio’s so when he lied he’d cover his nose.

          • @vynlwombat@lemmy.world
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            116 months ago

            Out of nowhere, my kid would say “No poop” and start backing away. Obviously, he was full of shit just like these ISPs.

        • @Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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          16 months ago

          Me: Where did you put it?

          My son: runs to the spot and stands in the way, so i can’t see

          Me: checkmate!

      • admiralteal
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        Ironic that megacorps get privacy rights they don’t deserve while the rest of us get jack shit and are told we should be grateful for it.

    • HubertManne
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      136 months ago

      I mean criminals do know a lot about crime. maybe they are right?

      • Dojan
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        136 months ago

        If you just leave the criminals alone and let them do as they please they’ll regulate themselves. A criminal justice system is just unnecessary and expensive administrative overhead. It stifles the free market.

        • HubertManne
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          exactly. the only reason im robbed for so much is because of the cost the criminals incur because of the justice system. If we let the free market handle it the cost of being robbed will drop to the what the market will bear. Criminals will compete to rob you of less.

          • @PigsInClover@lemmy.world
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            26 months ago

            This is why it’s important that we continue to give tax breaks to the criminals and subsidize their operations for specific projects that would help everyone.

            But again, we must make sure to not cause any undue burden on the criminals by making those funds conditional, or regulating how the projects are carried out. Otherwise they will be forced to rob us further, and who could blame them?

    • @thefartographer@lemm.ee
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      116 months ago

      “Why does that room smell like rotting corpses?”

      “No clue, let’s promise to be friends forever by agreeing to never go into or ask about that room ever again!”

    • @EatYouWell@lemmy.world
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      196 months ago

      Unlikely since the FTC keeps letting them merge.

      And it’s not just tech. Pretty much everything you buy is from a brand that’s owned by one of a handful of companies.

      • @yabai@lemmy.world
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        26 months ago

        I mean that’s not really true. The new FTC chair literally got the position by writing a paper on why Amazon should be broken up, and has raised numerous cases to stop recent M&A activity. One Meta/FB acquisition of a VR company, the Microsoft Blizzard/Activision buyout, among others. They’ve been shut down a lot by the courts.

    • @Godnroc@lemmy.world
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      186 months ago

      As unintuitive as it may seem, the price charged to customers has little to do with the costs of providing the service.

    • @NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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      76 months ago

      Good thing Comcast tries to raise my price every time I move. Eventually they assume people will get tired of it and quit trying. Guess what, I got tired of calling them every year about it.

  • Bappity
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    156 months ago

    internet providers investigate themselves, find no issues

  • @roo
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    96 months ago

    I caught a trespasser the other day that said it wasn’t him. Totally believed him too /s