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NYT and Bloomberg report that threats were real: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28563916 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28563916
by r721 5y ago
NYT and Bloomberg report that threats were real: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28563916 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28563916
- wwtrv 5y agoI’m not denying these threats were issued, but actually following them through would be a very irrational thing to do. So it’s probably just a bluff. Of course it doesn’t really matter that much since Google/Apple were going to comply with their requests anyway.
- jgilias 5y agoAutocratic leaders can get pretty irrational in their quest of preserving power down to the point of harming what seems to be their interests in major ways.