• fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Another government stops renting key software and instead invests in actuall ownership!

    Honestly, if Microsoft said they wanted to own the Autobahn I could only imagine people would tell them to fuck off (in english and deutche). Why would digital infrastructure be any different?

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      20 hours ago

      Shouldn’t be. Glad the world is waking up to these vile tech companies. US government needs to stop coddling them too.

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        21 hours ago

        Honestly. I think private companies can have a place in public infra, but it’s not in the freaking ownership. Rent seeking is the worst and most destructive aspect of private ownership and we’ve known and can look at countless example of that since Adam Smith!

        • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          20 hours ago

          Private companies should be allowed to build their own infrastructure or rent public infrastructure. But they shouldn’t be allowed to purchase public infrastructure. Imo