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A comment on Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly revealing. Parent comment

Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by sidlls on Sunday May 23, 2021 @02:18PM (#27257224)
The comment was not unsubstantial, nor was it “clever” in the way you suggest was attempted. Cigarettes were quite a popular market driven product for literally decades. The point being, obviously, that “the market decides” isn’t necessarily a good way to determine or identify quality, or what consumers actually want or need.
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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by mthoms on Sunday May 23, 2021 @02:24PM (#27257283)
The "what about cigarettes?" argument would be relevant if one of the market participants in this scenario was literally killing people (or otherwise harming society in some way).

An honest reader would not interpret my pro-free-market comment as being 100% absolute in any and all circumstances. An honest reader would consider the context. You're not arguing in good faith.

Try again?

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by majewsky on Sunday May 23, 2021 @08:13PM (#27259846)
> An honest reader would not interpret my pro-free-market comment as being 100% absolute in any and all circumstances.

FWIW, based on my experience, whenever I see Americans arguing pro-free-market, I am going to assume that they genuinely argue in absolutes. ("FWIW" because I can see from your profile that you're Canadian.)

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Re:Tim Cook’s Fortnite trial testimony was unexpectedly reve... by mthoms on Monday May 24, 2021 @03:03PM (#27268400)
Generally fair I guess, but extending the argument from electronics all the way to something as universally reviled as cigarettes? That's quite a leap! I mean, why stop there? Why not flame throwers and ballistic missiles? :-)

This is exactly the kind of thing that makes me want to participate less and less in online discussion. HN's rules require people to interpret comments charitably but it's still full of stuff like this. It's exhausting.

I just don't have the energy for it anymore and honestly that makes me quite sad.

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