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I didn't say it was bad faith. Responding to the call to flag the post, I gave examples of impact, and why it's newsworthy and the post shouldn't be flagged ju
by neilv 3y ago
I didn't say it was bad faith.
Responding to the call to flag the post, I gave examples of impact, and why it's newsworthy and the post shouldn't be flagged just because Microsoft stopped the behavior after the damage had been done.
- vore 3y ago"this is Microsoft actively removing a competing Web browser" is definitely an allegation implying more bad faith than just Windows Defender had a false positive...
- neilv 3y agoI didn't say they intentionally did it. They were put on notice by top legal authorities, so should try not to even accidentally do things like that again. That's pre-established as major industry and business news, so it's an additional reason not to flag the post.
- vore 3y agoSorry, but even the most well-meaning of people will make mistakes, and it's clear this was an accident with no malice. No need to cast irrelevant aspersions just to grind your personal axe.
- flotzam 3y agoI was saying "flagged" (note the italicization of the last three letters) in comparison to the news article's use of "flags". Of course this HN post should not be flagged, and I agree that a disruptive false positive by first-party AV (which Microsoft only corrected after several days) is newsworthy.
- neilv 3y agoOh, I'm sorry, my bad.
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- Cyphase 3y agoI think OP was correcting "flags" to "flagged", not saying the post should be flagged. See the italics.