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[–] 2 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Spend your money wisely. The market can't sustain what there is no demand for.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

    They know this, and that's why they wait to do things like this until they know you have relatively little choice.

    Not that you shouldn't care, but it's worth remembering the guiding hand of the market is not an all powerful weapon.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 hours ago

    Indeed, without competition and regulation the free market doesn't work, and never has.

    The manufacturers are in Trusts, secretly cooperating on not competing and maximizing profit at the expense of consumers and product and service quality.

    That said, we still shouldn't buy their shit when possible, and to disable problematic things when possible, (which is a federal crime, introduced in the 90's at the behest of CD companies/record companies, whereby any type of digital lock cannot be broken without suffering 4 years in federal prison.

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