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Re:Why companies move off Heroku (besides the cost) by elondaits on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @06:58PM (#31186873)
I don’t like this either. I think maybe people are more used to this in the US, but I personally think that if you can’t be objective you need to be more humble in your communication.

… of course Coke can trash-talk Pepsi and vice-versa… but if I’m making a technical assessment of competing products or software platforms I get a bad feeling of anyone using those sales tactics.

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Re:Why companies move off Heroku (besides the cost) by jwogrady on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @08:09PM (#31187361)
Yeah, but who we protecting? Don't readers want a rigorous debate? Are we pirates or diplomats?
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Re:Why companies move off Heroku (besides the cost) by sdoering on Thursday April 28, 2022 @01:20AM (#31189016)
In Germany there are, for examples, rules regarding comparative advertising. Way stronger than anything the US has. Therefore we are not used to competitors trash talking other brands in ads.

So I am in the same boat when it comes to SEO/content marketing like this. It is advertising, nothing more.

And personally, when evaluating products, I agree with OP. I also like the people behind a product to be a bit more humble when comparing themselves to competitors.

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