You have no rights, you have no intrinsic human valuu and you have no means to fight for yourself.
You have no rights, you have no intrinsic human valuu and you have no means to fight for yourself.
Or if it gets them out of a flash-in-the-pan PR issue fomented by the latest political outrage mob, or a couple 'woke points' to score with their ideological allies.
The tech community had its chance to stand firm and demand openness and liberty of use when it comes to accessing communication services provided by mega-corps. They instead let themselves be seduced by "it's a private company they can do whatever they want go build your own platform" when it was being wielded against less sympathetic targets.
If you don't hold it, you don't own it. HN types seem to not get this, at all, they think companies should indefinitely preserve all their data and make it available on demand, no matter what, in-perpetuity. The MailChimp thread yesterday now this one and the gods help you if you suggest people backup their data regularly instead of relying upon a 3rd party to always have it available for them.
If you don't hold it, you don't own it.