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oemera | 13 years ago

It's a shame that a 'article' with so little information makes on the frontpage of HN. These days the headline needs just to name Apple and it is guaranteed to show up on the frontpage.

I wonder if someone could write a plugin to just ban all Apple news from HN.

Edit: typo.

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factorialboy|13 years ago

Sorry for posting a link with very little details.

But I think this is a breaking story and needs to be covered.

Here are some more sources: https://news.google.co.in/news/story?q=reuters+japan+apple+s...

rimantas|13 years ago

There will be interesting news related to Apple, but all those patent cases should disappear, no matter who is involved. There is very little possibility for a constructive discussion.

josteink|13 years ago

If nothing else, it reinforces that people who think they are being hip when they make Apple-only or iOS-only or iOS/Retina-tailored solutions are working for the dark side(tm). Heck, even if you make mobile apps, also for Android, but do iOS first, you are part of the problem.

I think these people need to hear it again and again and again until they actually get it and stop supporting one of the least ethical companies in the tech industry today. You are giving the wicked emperor more power. Stop doing that! It wont make him any nicer.

I say keep them coming. Filtering news to ease the conciousness of people assisting "evil" makes no sense.

We should be the ones driving Apple. Apple should not be the one driving us. We've seen the result of that already.

Edit: specific industry-niche qualifier was needed.

A1kmm|13 years ago

If you have Greasemonkey: https://lanthaps.com/static/noapple.user.js

ekianjo|13 years ago

Should be pretty easy to write a filter that removes all Apple-related news on HN. That would actually be a cool feature for a HN reader app.

elvisds|13 years ago

I use a chrome extension called HackerNew[1] that lets you do this. Look for 'filters' on the top right of the page, once you have installed it

[1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbp...

unknown|13 years ago

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xmmx|13 years ago

Do you really still expect quality content on HN nowadays? Even after that week where 5 articles along the lines of "I woke up at 5am and ate a slice of cold ham to start my metabolism" made it to the front page?

npguy|13 years ago

that is not true. i have been trying to get attention to a comment thread with Fred Wilson (usv) reg. AAPL and AirBnB, but in vain.