Probably the pipes get ugly if the plumber is trying to install 11s and 22s. Probably they will have a different idea.

Right, and on the other hand they are risking state prison.

If they are acting illegally, they could in theory face state charges for assault and battery. In theory. Because they have no arrest powers. Maybe. Right? That's the tricky point.

So they would have to be super confident to not find out the scope of their authority.

The article is also full of bullshit and it gets basic history wrong. The agreement was never made, but to the extent it exists anyway, it was never supposed to be about a monopoly that's destroying shit. Once upon a time, not even very long ago, there were competing search engines.

I know tech writers want to write stories that sound fancy, but if they don't know the facts and the history then they need to find someone to proofread their work more carefully.

And maybe that's okay, isn't it?

Protests turn into riots when the police wanted to, exactly then, and very rarely before that point.

We can blame the officials. Don't let the heckler's veto work. It's murder of course, but it's also bullying. And capitulation only makes it worse next time. They'll always have lunatics with guns.

Why? That question always has multiple answers. Are you asking for a historical timeline? That might be the true story, but it also might not feel compelling.

Above all else, remember that Reddit feels many sources of pressure. They want money and users, but they also need to limit spam, and they don't wanna piss off the rich stock holders, either.

qpdf is handy for merging PDFs. Command line but quick to learn for most usage.

Well no, it's not, because they have multiple monopolies. So we should blame them and blame government for not stopping them.

You're straw manning. Please don't.

Recognizing that violence has in fact "been the answer" to various circumstances in the past, and will be in the future, is different from saying everyone should pick up a gun today.

Violence is never the answer ... if you ignore all of human history, yes. Sadly, it often has been, though.