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minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down11·1 year agoNo it doesn’t
minus-squarew2tpmf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down4·1 year agoThey can boot people front their homes for violating the TOS, so that’s pretty close.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down13·1 year agoNo, it isn’t. Violating bylaws and revoking licenses on a whim aren’t similar.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoAn HOA can absolutely foreclose on your home if they fine you into oblivion.
minus-squarelobut@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoTo add onto your comment, Last Week Tonight’s segment on it: https://youtu.be/qrizmAo17Os?si=EKTSDp1uTeCTrJpO
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoI never said otherwise? That’s irrelevant to whether a HOA is similar to the meme.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 year 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-down2·1 year 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-up2·1 year agoThe comparison being drawn in this image macro is exactly like an HOA.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoExcept it isn’t. “We lost your license” is different from “you broke the rules you agreed to”
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.
Except it isn’t.
“We lost your license” is different from “you broke the rules you agreed to”