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timbooktwoyesterday at 7:10 AM1 replyview on HN

A fraudster, a terrorist, a money launderer, a drug dealer, a pedophile—these are actually a huge audience for whom the IT industry can release separate versions of the operating system and hardware. And that audience will pay for it. For the vast majority of ordinary people who consume IT benefits for free (being a commodity themselves), it makes sense to use controlled products.


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brigandishyesterday at 8:10 AM

It doesn't have to be controlled in such a way that it produces monopolies or enables surveillance.