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Re:New iPhone Agreement Bans Flash-to-iPhone Compiler & Others by tvon on Thursday April 08, 2010 @07:26PM (#1251391)
Because those sites aren't full of bullshit...?

(HN is, IMO, above the rest but it's certainly not immune to mob rule)

Besides, with the money involved in high rankings you'd have to constantly police the system against gaming, which would be, I'm guessing, more work than policing the submissions directly a they do now.

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Re:New iPhone Agreement Bans Flash-to-iPhone Compiler & Others by andrewfong on Friday April 09, 2010 @02:07AM (#1252031)
It'd be an issue, but it would be relatively easier for Apple to protect against gaming than for Digg or Reddit. Unlike Digg, Apple can get access to unique hardware identifiers. They also have some experience with DRM. Is it possible to get around that? Sure, but it's much harder than simply gaming IP addresses and cookies.
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