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Meta Shatters Lobbying Record as House Passes TikTok Ban: Instagram owner Meta spent more than ever on lobbing Congress and the White House as legislation to potentially ban its competitor TikTok (readsludge.com)
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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 20 points 1 day ago

One where you can use any server and client you wish, as long as it implements the same freely-available spec. You can probably access the source code of the server and client you’re using.

As with many things: the problem is not the technology itself, but the terms that capital owners demand we accept in order to use it.