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So a step in the right direction.
Yes. Please yes.
Well bugger me I thought they were going to present the downsides
I know right?
Hell yeah. Love when they squirm and try and create fear.
Where were their "draconian" virtue signals when the government colluded with surveillance capitalist techno-fascists to force Australians to hand over their identity to big brother to use social media?
Oh, that's right. They only exist for greed and exploitation; they only believe what they're paid to believe.
Ahh, the ol' "slippery slope" logical fallacy. You can dismiss statements like those. You don't even need to debate it.
fIrSt ThEy CaMe FoR tHe FrAcKiNg CoMpAnIeS…
I am sure they made the same arguments back when tobacco was being targeted.
I'd be happy with getting rid of all advertising tbh.
Agreed! I'm struggling to see what the problem is with less maccas and coke adds