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Coercion is the way the world works. Right now we're being coerced by Apple, a megacorp with vastly more power than any of us individuals. The only way to fight it is by banding together and counter-coercing through our elected representatives.

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Someone offering a product they’re free to make and you’re free to buy is not coercion. Forcing a man to make the product you want is.

It's not "a man", it's a billion dollar corporation and of course it coerces you through its market power.

Men work there, they have families and lives. You want to force them to offer “my sideloading”. That’s absolutely entitled thinking. Let free men make free choices and stop this authoritarian crusade.

The men working there are already under the authoritarian command of their CEO and board. They might be forced by them not to offer side loading, in fact.

You keep talking about coercion, but completely ignore the coercive nature of capitalism. It makes your points ring hollow and insencere.

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