Re:Apple censors Lawrence Lessig over warranty information
by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @09:15AM
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>If I would maintain my forum I'd also delete the comments that are aggressive, overblown, conspiracy-insane etc, for example. //
That's fine, but a polite legitimate enquiry about a genuine problem doesn't meet with those characteristics - it is "censorship". Apple Computers are censoring the speech of their users seeking support from other users (and Apple).
So I guess what you're saying is "don't expect Apple to offer support or act ethically towards their users". Fair enough.
>Due to the different laws in different countries, who should you personally contact to solve the problem varies so even such answers in globally-read thread which should be purely technical can be inappropriate. //
Yeah 'cause that's why the posts were deleted. Not like you could simply add a comment "these returns are only available in the EU".
>What's certainly clear is that nobody would even want the forums without the active moderation, except the spammers and the insane. //
Which is a strawman. You can have a moderated forum without deleting posts simply because they'd affect your profits.
That's fine, but a polite legitimate enquiry about a genuine problem doesn't meet with those characteristics - it is "censorship". Apple Computers are censoring the speech of their users seeking support from other users (and Apple).
So I guess what you're saying is "don't expect Apple to offer support or act ethically towards their users". Fair enough.
>Due to the different laws in different countries, who should you personally contact to solve the problem varies so even such answers in globally-read thread which should be purely technical can be inappropriate. //
Yeah 'cause that's why the posts were deleted. Not like you could simply add a comment "these returns are only available in the EU".
>What's certainly clear is that nobody would even want the forums without the active moderation, except the spammers and the insane. //
Which is a strawman. You can have a moderated forum without deleting posts simply because they'd affect your profits.