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This got way more hate then it deserved. I believe the real and valid discussion was how do corporate networks treat this. The outcome here makes a lot of sense

This got way more hate then it deserved. I believe the real and valid discussion was how do corporate networks treat this. The outcome here makes a lot of sense in that regard. But all the negative hype around AI was too much.

add-sub-mul-div 2y ago
It makes you realize what a bubble sites like this one are, if this AI stuff is so wildly unpopular among the developer/iTerm community as a whole.
- miki123211 2y ago
  It's wildly unpopular among a different bubble of the developer community, mostly concentrated around Mastodon and the fediverse. Edit: It's worth noting that it's one of the most vocal and well-organized communities in the tech world, very prone to outrage, seeing the world in black-and-white, mob justice and piling on whatever is currently unpopular.
  - phist_mcgee 2y ago
    No it isn't, how dare you
  - add-sub-mul-div 2y ago
    So it's just axiomatic that people who disagree with you are coming from (any of) a list of fundamentally illegitimate motivations that you can think of? That makes life easier for you?
- lolinder 2y ago
  Do you have any evidence whatsoever that this AI stuff was unpopular among the wider community? These kinds of cases where open source maintainers cave to pressure are almost never the result of consensus among all users. It's usually the result of a small number of people brigading the issue tracker until the maintainer gives up and does it to shut them up. Unfortunately the result is often against the interests of the wider community.
- infecto 2y ago
  The only thing it made me realize is how much I am happy I don't have to listen to public outcry. The nastiness people showed was pretty disappointing.
giancarlostoro 2y ago
One other comment on HN highlights why some of the anger is not completley unjust: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40669333 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40669333 Though I wont be surprised if the majority of the hate was people who didn't understand the change.
- dcow 2y ago
  Corporate networks could always block the requests anyway… this is security theater to appease the anti-ai mob.

add-sub-mul-div 2y ago

It makes you realize what a bubble sites like this one are, if this AI stuff is so wildly unpopular among the developer/iTerm community as a whole.

miki123211 2y ago
It's wildly unpopular among a different bubble of the developer community, mostly concentrated around Mastodon and the fediverse. Edit: It's worth noting that it's one of the most vocal and well-organized communities in the tech world, very prone to outrage, seeing the world in black-and-white, mob justice and piling on whatever is currently unpopular.
- phist_mcgee 2y ago
  No it isn't, how dare you
- add-sub-mul-div 2y ago
  So it's just axiomatic that people who disagree with you are coming from (any of) a list of fundamentally illegitimate motivations that you can think of? That makes life easier for you?
lolinder 2y ago
Do you have any evidence whatsoever that this AI stuff was unpopular among the wider community? These kinds of cases where open source maintainers cave to pressure are almost never the result of consensus among all users. It's usually the result of a small number of people brigading the issue tracker until the maintainer gives up and does it to shut them up. Unfortunately the result is often against the interests of the wider community.
infecto 2y ago
The only thing it made me realize is how much I am happy I don't have to listen to public outcry. The nastiness people showed was pretty disappointing.

giancarlostoro 2y ago

One other comment on HN highlights why some of the anger is not completley unjust: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40669333 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40669333 Though I wont be surprised if the majority of the hate was people who didn't understand the change.

dcow 2y ago
Corporate networks could always block the requests anyway… this is security theater to appease the anti-ai mob.