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minus-squareTedrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down3·9 months agoI’m pretty sure this happens now with HOAs.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down11·9 months agoNo it doesn’t
minus-squarew2tpmf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down4·9 months agoThey can boot people front their homes for violating the TOS, so that’s pretty close.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down13·9 months agoNo, it isn’t. Violating bylaws and revoking licenses on a whim aren’t similar.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·9 months agoAn HOA can absolutely foreclose on your home if they fine you into oblivion.
minus-squarelobut@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoTo add onto your comment, Last Week Tonight’s segment on it: https://youtu.be/qrizmAo17Os?si=EKTSDp1uTeCTrJpO
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·9 months agoI never said otherwise? That’s irrelevant to whether a HOA is similar to the meme.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoHOAs enact and enforce bylaws just as arbitrarily as any license agreement. HOAs were the first thing that came to mind when I saw this, and I’m clearly not alone.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·9 months agoJust because other people agree with a false equivalency doesn’t make it true. Enforcing bylaws and licensing agreements are two different thing. This meme is about the funimation library issue, which is nothing like an HOA.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoThe comparison being drawn in this image macro is exactly like an HOA.
I’m pretty sure this happens now with HOAs.
No it doesn’t
They can boot people front their homes for violating the TOS, so that’s pretty close.
No, it isn’t. Violating bylaws and revoking licenses on a whim aren’t similar.
An HOA can absolutely foreclose on your home if they fine you into oblivion.
To add onto your comment, Last Week Tonight’s segment on it: https://youtu.be/qrizmAo17Os?si=EKTSDp1uTeCTrJpO
I never said otherwise? That’s irrelevant to whether a HOA is similar to the meme.
HOAs enact and enforce bylaws just as arbitrarily as any license agreement. HOAs were the first thing that came to mind when I saw this, and I’m clearly not alone.
Just because other people agree with a false equivalency doesn’t make it true.
Enforcing bylaws and licensing agreements are two different thing. This meme is about the funimation library issue, which is nothing like an HOA.
The comparison being drawn in this image macro is exactly like an HOA.