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[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 days ago (11 children)

Big tech can't win because you can't force the internet to do something.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (7 children)

The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

Gilmore's quote was true then, it is not the current state of play.

If you need to use banking/government/transit apps, you need to play by the rules now

[–] Auli 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Many things need an app. I have to use a government one for work, there is no website for it. It's locked down and will not work on a rooted phone. That's what I mean.

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