Except they are the public square, and there's precedent to call them as such.
All your ranting doesn't change this fact, the monopoly power big tech has over the 21st century version of the public square must be stopped and useful idiots such as yourself are only aiding their authoritarianism.
Demonstrably false. Whatever the "public square" equated to before the service existed, still exists now. The public square did not turn into a service. The service fooled people into using the service instead of the public square.
Read that over and over until you see the reality. If the "public square" was essentially your ability to go to a pub and talk to strangers and share ideas, then that never changed.
What some people did, is to elect a 3rd party, who had very abusive terms, to replace the public square. These people did this despite being warned about how foolish it was. They reveled in it, ignored constant examples of abuse, and even now still defend their abusers. Because they themselves are addicted to the service now.
The public square never did that to you, by the way.
You have it completely inverted. The only power these services have is the continual march of lemmings off the cliff. The perpetually lazy consumers who can't even read terms before they agree to them. The brainwashed masses who do anything, as long as it is popular, despite clear ethical and moral issues, even after major warnings from the likes of Snowden and countless others that told you this was all coming.
This all stops when the users wake up, and stop consuming the service. Any other solution is futile and perpetuates the problem.
What about it is relevant to this discussion? I know what you'll probably say, but want you to go through the exercise here.
What is different about Marsh being on a public sidewalk, handing out pamphlets, and a service user who has explicitly agreed to the service's terms of use?
I'll wait as long as needed, no rush to answer. Especially if it amounts to further name calling.
A company completely controlling the public square and preventing free speech is not relevant to a few companies doing the same with the internet version of the public square?
Except they are the public square, and there's precedent to call them as such.
All your ranting doesn't change this fact, the monopoly power big tech has over the 21st century version of the public square must be stopped and useful idiots such as yourself are only aiding their authoritarianism.
Demonstrably false. Whatever the "public square" equated to before the service existed, still exists now. The public square did not turn into a service. The service fooled people into using the service instead of the public square.
Read that over and over until you see the reality. If the "public square" was essentially your ability to go to a pub and talk to strangers and share ideas, then that never changed.
What some people did, is to elect a 3rd party, who had very abusive terms, to replace the public square. These people did this despite being warned about how foolish it was. They reveled in it, ignored constant examples of abuse, and even now still defend their abusers. Because they themselves are addicted to the service now.
The public square never did that to you, by the way.
This all stops when the users wake up, and stop consuming the service. Any other solution is futile and perpetuates the problem.
Marsh v. Alabama, 326 U.S. 501
Now take your ranting idiocy somewhere else
You've cited a case:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/326/501
What about it is relevant to this discussion? I know what you'll probably say, but want you to go through the exercise here.
What is different about Marsh being on a public sidewalk, handing out pamphlets, and a service user who has explicitly agreed to the service's terms of use?
I'll wait as long as needed, no rush to answer. Especially if it amounts to further name calling.
A company completely controlling the public square and preventing free speech is not relevant to a few companies doing the same with the internet version of the public square?
Are you a moron or are you just here to troll?