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Could become great, could become a disaster, depending on what possibilities data-hungry companies – and with them, governments – get.
What’s odd is that they take the two examples of “selling downloads” of music and complete uncensorability. Those are, as we know, mutually exclusive. The “buying” of the music would solely be a way of donating money to the artist – which is of course great – but it’s stupid to pretend like you are “buying” a song like you did with a vinyl record or a CD.