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  • While I can appreciate that, starlink is going to keep launching them even if we don’t use it in Canada. Saying cut starlink out is fine and all but there are lots of places and communities without any decent broadband options at all (in Canada and beyond).

    If your in an area getting decent cable or fiber as an option then your comments really don’t require any level of sacrifice from you.

    Would you commit to the comment to prevent starlink from additional satellites if it meant a general tax increase for everyone resulting in you personally paying an extra of $200/year to accomodate fiber buildout and maintenance?






  • I think the issue here is more that interacting with certain companies or services is unavoidable. As an Android user I often will have to interact with iPhone users and the impact of their vendor lock-in techniques is that the experience of those interactions is worse on both sides.

    I can’t convince every person to stop using an iPhone, or even just just a different messaging app, most people can’t even agree what to have for dinner…

    So users that take it upon themselves to try and improve the experience by trying things like beeper or beeper mini are actually trying to help others maintain their choices and preferences without the degraded experience.

    So sometimes a person voting with their dollars isn’t enough, since it’s others choices that still have an impact




  • You pay property tax because of the services that are provided to you by the municipality. Garbage collection, streets, parks, schools, libraries, public services, social programs, public events, etc.

    While I understand the idea your going for here the intent of those taxes aren’t the same and the businesses that they are interested in would pay some form of tax (probably?).

    I think something like a gross wealth tax, 10% of all wealth a year over over something like the poverty line * 100 in total assets