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Re:Apple Keyboard has a blacklist of phrases you can't swipe by otterley on Saturday November 07, 2026 @02:20PM (#50407194)
It’s not a censorship issue, at least in the USA, because they’re not afraid of legal pressure from the U.S. government. It’s a public relations issue. Every day, “journalists” and “influencers” are conjuring up some new controversy for the masses to get their panties in a twist about. It’s reasonable to want to avoid that.

HN is hardly immune from this; it’s no small irony that there will be people doing that very thing right here in these comments.

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Re:Apple Keyboard has a blacklist of phrases you can't swipe by Dylan16807 on Sunday November 08, 2026 @08:51AM (#50413383)
> It’s not a censorship issue, at least in the USA, because they’re not afraid of legal pressure from the U.S. government.

This is just as wrong as people citing the first amendment in the wrong situations, but in the opposite direction.

Private censorship is censorship. Even if someone declares it "reasonable".

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