They are forced to stay in the cult through coercion. Members join willingly, and the cult slowly isolates them, encourages to shut out family and friends, takes all their money and makes them financially helpless. By the time they realize what's going on, they have no safe way to leave the cult. That leaves the members vulnerable to all sorts of abuse. That's why joining a cult should be seen as a problem, and not just as someone's preference.

Finally, someone's punishing an anti-competitive company with anti competition!

Wait, sorry. I don't understand what we're supposed to be cheering for? How is any of this good for consumers?

Until Google blocks the user agent for your preferred browser from viewing youtube.

But since it's a general computing device, he can simply change the agent.

That's not why. See the article. Google has stated this is because amazon doesn't sell certain google products through their store, and doesn't allow prime video on the chromecast.

Regulatory decisions are supposed to be made with public input. We're all aware that the agencies often ignore input. That doesn't mean it's ok to make fake input. The FCC will use these fake comments to create the illusion that the public has given them a mandate. That's unacceptable.

The FCC actually said they threw out all comments that didn't have actual legal arguments, quite the opposite of what you're suggesting.

That sounds like a roundabout way of agreeing that it doesn't harm any real people, it just shouldn't be done and should be prosecuted

Deceiving the public with a fake narrative of popular support harms society.

Why would you prosecute something that doesn't harm anyone?

Me too. Have you noticed that when you don't take breaks, that you create worse things? If not, ask the people around you if they notice.

True words. And I do have to remind myself to take breaks