• Kindness is Punk@lemmy.ca
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    It’s another form of kissing the ring. They know it’s bad for business but there’s the implied threat that if they retaliate the FCC will grind the company to a hault.

    So it’s a way of reminding them of their loyalty and extending the president’s influence beyond it’s legal limits, very common tactic during the 1940’s of a particular country’s history.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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      Considering how dependent on M$ servers and products the 'murican government is, Microsoft could easily push for a MAD standoff against them