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   -=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-   
      
    AT> I forgot about that. But at least they still let you shop on there.   
      
   But I'm sure that if I "purchased" anything for their Swindle eBook reader or   
   any of their media, I would have lost access to it.   
      
    AT> Facebook don't let me do anything unless I produce, film, and upload a   
    AT> gay porn video to them.   
      
   You need to be in better groups on Facebook.  :)   
      
   Right now, my Facebook is used to stay in touch with older family members who   
   don't want to learn something else, and to share with other geeks with my   
   interests.   
      
   They did restrict me a while back during the scamdemic when I posted some memes   
   that broke their Narrative, but since I don't use Facebook to make money, I   
   really didn't care.   
      
    AT> I'm the same way with Amazon. I order my furnace filters on there   
    AT> because there's nowhere else to get them.   
      
   Sort of like the Walmart Effect:   
   They build a store just outside of a town, sell things for a very small profit   
   to reduce prices and kill off the town business.  Once the town business are   
   gone, they close the store and consolidate into a "super store" 30+ minutes   
   away.   
      
   Amazon sells stuff so low that people buy only from them, then the local   
   businesses stop selling those products because no one buys from them.  Now you   
   are "forced" to buy from Amazon.   
      
      
   ... Women! Cant live with them, Cant live with them!   
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