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It’s weird to see this whole thread jumping to Apple’s defense because “he broke the rules.” Feels hilariously similar to the human centipede episode of South P

It’s weird to see this whole thread jumping to Apple’s defense because “he broke the rules.” Feels hilariously similar to the human centipede episode of South Park. The fact that this company can rip away his work and livelihood because he’s clever enough to find clues in their betas is crazy. Everyone here acting like it’s ok because the world’s richest company has a team of lawyers building the justification are even crazier. Especially when this community eats up his leaks and reporting, it’s sad to see everyone turn their backs on this dude.

computerex 7y ago
I totally agree. I have noticed that HackerNews isn't immune to the cult following that Apple has. In every Apple related thread there are people irrationally and fanatically advocating for the company. It's shocking because otherwise HackerNews tends to have relatively level headed users.
- toasterlovin 7y ago
  FWIW, Apple threads also has a strong contingent of people who seem pretty obviously in ideological (and irrational) opposition to Apple.
- 205guy 7y ago
  HN readers obviously have a mix of opinions, from software pirate to corporate shill. But certainly many work for FAANGs and the thousands of other companies in tech and have some ideas how companies work. Their pay and employment and products they work on all depend on both 1) them not revealing inside information and 2) their co-workers not revealing inside information. So the GP's "rip away his work and livelihood because he’s clever enough to find clues in their betas" is totally off base. The reason he had access to those betas was because of his developer agreement. Clearly, the public is served when inside information about illegal or immoral behavior is revealed, but the OP seems to all about commercial information, so no whistleblower status.

computerex 7y ago

I totally agree. I have noticed that HackerNews isn't immune to the cult following that Apple has. In every Apple related thread there are people irrationally and fanatically advocating for the company. It's shocking because otherwise HackerNews tends to have relatively level headed users.

toasterlovin 7y ago
FWIW, Apple threads also has a strong contingent of people who seem pretty obviously in ideological (and irrational) opposition to Apple.
205guy 7y ago
HN readers obviously have a mix of opinions, from software pirate to corporate shill. But certainly many work for FAANGs and the thousands of other companies in tech and have some ideas how companies work. Their pay and employment and products they work on all depend on both 1) them not revealing inside information and 2) their co-workers not revealing inside information. So the GP's "rip away his work and livelihood because he’s clever enough to find clues in their betas" is totally off base. The reason he had access to those betas was because of his developer agreement. Clearly, the public is served when inside information about illegal or immoral behavior is revealed, but the OP seems to all about commercial information, so no whistleblower status.