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A comment on HBO Max’s Great Looney Tunes Purge. Parent comment

Re:HBO Max’s Great Looney Tunes Purge by dsfyu404ed on Monday January 16, 2023 @08:47AM (#34400577)
Because it's a value judgement. It's one thing to say "we don't deal in porn and guns" but to then pick specific media they do deal in and say "oh and also this one" imparts the kind of fine-grained value judgement that it's inappropriate for an eCommerce platform to be making.
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Re:HBO Max’s Great Looney Tunes Purge by ndsipa_pomu on Monday January 16, 2023 @12:57PM (#34403460)
I see your point, but there's also value judgements with other categories. How is an "adult" or "pornography" item defined?

Personally, I don't have an issue with a business choosing to ban or allow items as it's their platform and their business choice. If they choose to not sell any lithium batteries due to their flammable nature, then that would also be acceptable and not in my mind dystopian. There's arguably some risk in being involved with sending potentially offensive media through the mail.

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Re:HBO Max’s Great Looney Tunes Purge by Feuilles_Mortes on Monday January 16, 2023 @06:15PM (#34406844)
it's a private company
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