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This deceptively little tidbit of change is probably the most important news on frontpage right now.

mrspeaker 13y ago
Arrrgh! Sorry - I impulsively down-voted you out of sheer bewilderment that anyone could possibly think that selling an app is more important than a systematic and widespread government invasion of civilian privacy. But your comment is not (necessarily) a troll, just different to my opinion - so I should have just replied saying so instead of disagreeing via rage-downvote.
- dsirijus 13y ago
  That's fine. I've expected polarized oppinions on this. I just think about it in terms of actionable changes and money flux in startup world, so it is very important to me. It's a maker-or-breaker-of-app-stores kind of change.
  - mitchty 13y ago
    My strategy is to just read news on Fridays. If anythings important someone will let me know during the week. Until then I try to only look at stories that aren't 24 hour news cycle stuff. And this one is actually a useful thing for an ios developer to know.
- untog 13y ago
  impulsively down-voted you out of sheer bewilderment that anyone could possibly think that selling an app is more important than a systematic and widespread government invasion of civilian privacy But not every story about PRISM is important or even telling us anything new. Reflexively upvoting any story that has to do with the government being "bad" is just going to fill the front page with a lot of repeated info (at best) and speculative nonsense (at worst).
  - randallsquared 13y ago
    ...and this neatly explains the "all politics, all the time" nature of HN for the past week. :/
- samatman 13y ago
  At this point in the cycle, most of what you're referring to isn't news. The front page has a lot of analysis of Prism etc, but relatively little news, at the moment. This announcement may not be the most important topic on the front page, but the parent comment never implied that it was.
- tomjen3 13y ago
  Seriously one or two stories with _actual details_ so that we can find out what is going on is fine. Hijacking the front page: not so much.
venomsnake 13y ago
Apple allowing you to sell your own IP and business is great news indeed and should be celebrated.

Arrrgh! Sorry - I impulsively down-voted you out of sheer bewilderment that anyone could possibly think that selling an app is more important than a systematic and widespread government invasion of civilian privacy. But your comment is not (necessarily) a troll, just different to my opinion - so I should have just replied saying so instead of disagreeing via rage-downvote.

dsirijus 13y ago
That's fine. I've expected polarized oppinions on this. I just think about it in terms of actionable changes and money flux in startup world, so it is very important to me. It's a maker-or-breaker-of-app-stores kind of change.
- mitchty 13y ago
  My strategy is to just read news on Fridays. If anythings important someone will let me know during the week. Until then I try to only look at stories that aren't 24 hour news cycle stuff. And this one is actually a useful thing for an ios developer to know.
untog 13y ago
impulsively down-voted you out of sheer bewilderment that anyone could possibly think that selling an app is more important than a systematic and widespread government invasion of civilian privacy But not every story about PRISM is important or even telling us anything new. Reflexively upvoting any story that has to do with the government being "bad" is just going to fill the front page with a lot of repeated info (at best) and speculative nonsense (at worst).
- randallsquared 13y ago
  ...and this neatly explains the "all politics, all the time" nature of HN for the past week. :/
samatman 13y ago
At this point in the cycle, most of what you're referring to isn't news. The front page has a lot of analysis of Prism etc, but relatively little news, at the moment. This announcement may not be the most important topic on the front page, but the parent comment never implied that it was.
tomjen3 13y ago
Seriously one or two stories with _actual details_ so that we can find out what is going on is fine. Hijacking the front page: not so much.

venomsnake 13y ago

Apple allowing you to sell your own IP and business is great news indeed and should be celebrated.