Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Apple's most valuable intangible asset isn't its patents or copyrights - it's an army ...
Apple's most valuable intangible asset isn't its patents or copyrights - it's an army of people who believe that using products from a $2.89 trillion multinational makes them members of an oppressed religious minority whose identity is coterminal with the interests of Apple's shareholders.
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