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Pluralistic: Apple to EU: “Go fuck yourself” (06 Feb 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. There's a strain of anti-anti-monopolist that insists that they're not pro-monopoly – they're just realists who understand that global gigacorporations are too big to fail, too big to jail, and that governments can't hope to rein them in. Trying to regulate a tech giant, they say, is like trying to regulate the weather. This ploy is cousins with Jay Rosen's idea of "savvying," defined as: "dismissing valid questions with the insider's, 'and this surprises you?'" https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/344825874362810369?lang=en In both cases, an apologist for corruption masquerades as a pragmatist who understands the ways of the world, unlike you, a pathetic dreamer who foolishly hopes for a better world. In both cases, the apologist provides cover for corruption, painting it as an inevitability, not a choice. "Don't hate the player. Hate the game." The reason this

Today's links Apple to EU: "Go fuck yourself" : The dictionary definition of malicious compliance. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. This day in history : 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Colophon : Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Apple to EU: "Go fuck yourself" ( permalink ) There's a strain of anti-anti-monopolist that insists that they're not pro -monopoly – they're just realists who understand that global gigacorporations are too big to fail, too big to jail, and that governments can't hope to rein them in. Trying to reg

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