• CosmicTurtle@lemmy.worldOP
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      Anytime big corporations say this, I just kind of laugh and say, “So…you have nothing to hide, right?”

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        It reminds me of a kid telling their parents not to check on something because they know they’ll get in trouble.

        • Tak@lemmy.ml
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          Of a kid? Were you that kid? Lol I know I was that dumbass kid on many occasions.

          My nephew was completely convinced that when he lied his nose would grow like Pinocchio’s so when he lied he’d cover his nose.

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            Out of nowhere, my kid would say “No poop” and start backing away. Obviously, he was full of shit just like these ISPs.

        • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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          Me: Where did you put it?

          My son: runs to the spot and stands in the way, so i can’t see

          Me: checkmate!

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      “Why does that room smell like rotting corpses?”

      “No clue, let’s promise to be friends forever by agreeing to never go into or ask about that room ever again!”

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      As unintuitive as it may seem, the price charged to customers has little to do with the costs of providing the service.

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      Good thing Comcast tries to raise my price every time I move. Eventually they assume people will get tired of it and quit trying. Guess what, I got tired of calling them every year about it.

    • EatYouWell@lemmy.world
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      Unlikely since the FTC keeps letting them merge.

      And it’s not just tech. Pretty much everything you buy is from a brand that’s owned by one of a handful of companies.

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        I mean that’s not really true. The new FTC chair literally got the position by writing a paper on why Amazon should be broken up, and has raised numerous cases to stop recent M&A activity. One Meta/FB acquisition of a VR company, the Microsoft Blizzard/Activision buyout, among others. They’ve been shut down a lot by the courts.

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    This is more shocking than police investigating themselves and finding nothing wrong.