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Re:Google siding with Saudi Arabia, refuses to remove govern... by sasasassy on Saturday March 02, 2019 @06:07PM (#19291688)
In some countries being gay is punishable by death. It doesn't mean your walled garden app store having an app to find and punish gay people is OK.
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Re:Google siding with Saudi Arabia, refuses to remove govern... by cronix on Saturday March 02, 2019 @06:56PM (#19291886)
I don't think anyone is saying it's OK. Just that removing the app will have 0 effect on the current law or the outcome. They'd just go back to pen/paper like they had to before the app was available, and take longer.
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Re:Google siding with Saudi Arabia, refuses to remove govern... by brenschluss on Sunday March 03, 2019 @12:38AM (#19292950)
If removing the app has 0 effect, then having the app has 0 effect also, so might as well remove it, no?
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Re:Google siding with Saudi Arabia, refuses to remove govern... by eridius on Sunday March 03, 2019 @01:51AM (#19293145)
See this other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19292651

In short, the app, as awful as it is, is an improvement for Saudi women. Getting rid of it will hurt them.

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Re:Google siding with Saudi Arabia, refuses to remove govern... by darkpuma on Saturday March 02, 2019 @07:09PM (#19291928)
> "They'd just go back to pen/paper like they had to before the app was available, and take longer."

That would inconvenience Saudi men, would it not?

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Re:Google siding with Saudi Arabia, refuses to remove govern... by caymanjim on Saturday March 02, 2019 @08:04PM (#19292110)
No, it would inconvenience Saudi women, because the men wouldn't bother doing the extra work.
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Re:Google siding with Saudi Arabia, refuses to remove govern... by darkpuma on Sunday March 03, 2019 @03:34AM (#19293412)
Would the Saudis really have created this app if it didn't convenience Saudi men? I doubt that. I don't think the Saudi government is in the business of conveniencing Saudi women, except insofar as that's an incidental byproduct of conveniencing Saudi men.
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