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Apple is the most valuable company in the entire US economy, sets hardware and software trends for our industry, and is interesting to the broader news media fo
by flyt 15y ago
Apple is the most valuable company in the entire US economy, sets hardware and software trends for our industry, and is interesting to the broader news media for their brand value and widespread products people use every day.
Everything they do is relevant in some way, and there's nothing wrong with covering them in a one-line story on a software discussion site like this.
- 6ren 15y agoIt's "industry news" rather than something that "gratifies one's intellectual curiosity". Although "News" is in its name, I think HN would be far more interesting without it. News includes industry gossip - and HN has more and more of that. And pg's guidelines don't actually mention news. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Certainly, the iPad 3 is covered on TV news. Don't get me wrong: I'm interested in it, but I can get this news everywhere. e.g. http://www.reddit.com/r/apple http://www.reddit.com/r/apple