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A comment on Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on September 11. Parent comment

Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by lolsal on Thursday September 10, 2020 @10:29AM (#24432684)
It's a fallacy to think you can play gatekeeper regarding 'hacking' just because I (or more generally the HN audience) like and value one phone ecosystem over another. Surely you knew that already though, right?
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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by drenvuk on Thursday September 10, 2020 @12:19PM (#24433718)
He's not playing gatekeeper. Hackers have generally been known to like open systems or to force closed ones open. Just look at history. You're talking about a phone ecosystem, he's talking about a closed ecosystem.
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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by lolsal on Thursday September 10, 2020 @01:27PM (#24434525)
They are implying I'm not a hacker because I like the Apple ecosystem, aren't they?
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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by drenvuk on Thursday September 10, 2020 @01:44PM (#24434703)
They're implying that you're not a hacker because you appear to lack the hacker's mindset. Maybe you have it for some interests but not others but from the hackers that I've seen it's usually a driver for much of their technology interaction.
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