Re:Ask HN: Has anyone else gotten the 'Turning Red' ad after...
by idiotsecant on Sunday March 13, 2022 @05:12PM
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Liking elements of Chinese culture is fine. It's one of the longer continuous cultures left on earth, there's quite a lot of material there. If you can't find anything to love it's probably not a problem with Chinese culture. You can enjoy the mythology of another group without automatically being enthralled by their government, relax.
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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone else gotten the 'Turning Red' ad after...
by pizza on Sunday March 13, 2022 @05:25PM
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Come on - this is pure cynicism on Mozilla's part. We're not seeing this because Mozilla is trying to increase cultural understanding (cross cultural understanding is something I wholeheartedly support) - we're seeing this because Mozilla wants to make money by grabbing their users' attention for free and selling it for money.
It's not even opt-in, it's opt-out. We're not Mozilla's customer any more at this point, the customer is the one buying the ad space. Gives a new meaning to "Just Browsing" the web when your browser itself is becoming more and more like a mall.
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone else gotten the 'Turning Red' ad after...
by moltke on Sunday March 13, 2022 @06:51PM
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The implication here is that if you don't agree with them you're either ignorant or racist which isn't great.
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone else gotten the 'Turning Red' ad after...
by systemvoltage on Sunday March 13, 2022 @05:16PM
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Telling someone to relax in any argument is pretty condescending.
My guess is that this is due to Disney’s questionable relationship with Chinese Communist Party.
Re:Ask HN: Has anyone else gotten the 'Turning Red' ad after...
by throaway425119 on Sunday March 13, 2022 @06:40PM
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Oh if you only you would step back and investigate for a second what the story is about instead of jumping to such a knee-jerk conclusion....