It's part of the HN guidelines to avoid political topics: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I w

It's part of the HN guidelines to avoid political topics: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I would imagine Apple et al get a pass since they are strong interests of the audience here. Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon.