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> Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That destroys intellectual curiosity, the value of the site.
by __m 7y ago
> Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That destroys intellectual curiosity, the value of the site.
- cf141q5325 7y agoIts not really a political topic, its an alarm clock that went off. With the big tech firms openly collaborating with regimes that dont shy away from military solutions to democratic self determination the future of the internet looks rather bleak. Its one step further to no longer being able to share information on the internet that powerful regimes dont want to be found. That your ability to share information is at will in a lot of platforms should interest the users here. Its the core problem we are facing if we want to keep any free software ideas alive in todays internet. Differently put, this news is about Apple and the state of the internet, not the CCP.
- JMTQp8lwXL 7y agoIt doesn't appear there's much battling here. It seems to be nearly unanimous opposition to Apple's decision. Ideological battle seems to imply two competing and popular opinions. We rarely classify things that are bi-partisan as political. And Blizzard (which carries a substantially analogous version of events) has been condemned for their actions from Democrats and Republicans alike.
- self_awareness 7y agoHN is pretty much a mono-ideological site, from what I've witnessed. Any topic which triggers ideological discussion could be good for HN in my opinion.