• Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Sincere but possibly stupid question: what keeps people from joining a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing access as a proxy? Businesses have accounts for all kinds of services for the use of their constituents.

    • cecilkorik@piefed.ca
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      6 days ago

      The fact that big tech would ban any such organization the moment they discovered its intentions. It is legal to do, but when a monopoly refuses to do business with you, and the government won’t enforce antitrust laws to force them to provide access, your options are pretty limited.