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That's not a slur, it's an opinion about cultural differences quite relevant to the discussion. Is it now a HackerNews rule to deny the existence of cultural differences?

None of those are related to Europe's malaise. The fire that drives people to build great things, to push themselves harder, to try to make a better life for themselves, has been e…

Because Europe is a malaised society that lost its vigor, its lust for glory and adventure, long ago.

Amateur hour. They didn't capture or eliminate Erdogan in the first place. Then they failed to cut off internet and television within the country, so Erdogan was able to rally his …

I think we found the problem. You're a raging capitalist and the Swedes are a bunch of commies. I'm joking obviously, but maybe you'd fit in better back home. What's toxic in Swede…

They already cemented their place as top dog, got everyone to license their content, and now actually profits more when you watch the official versions.

If you don't sell any copies, you usually don't owe the advance back; it's yours to keep and the label eats the cost. It's not a salary but it has a somewhat similar effect and I s…

Yes, anything that challenges Google's "Don't Be Evil" propaganda is hard for some to swallow. Thankfully, at least some of us don't fall for that kind of bullshit.

I actually have exactly zero skin in this game. I'm no fan of current copyright law, with it's ridiculously long terms. I'm posting from a throwaway because trashing Google, one of…

What you think of the terms between artists and labels is not really relevant to the matter at hand. No one is forced to sign with a big label. If you want someone's money, then yo…

Lol what? Did you not read the next paragraph of my comment?

How about hurting the record companies, who front most of the capital for artists, pay them salaries, etc.

To be fair, I don't think bdrool is claiming the situations are analogous. He's just using the opportunity to point out other problems with Amazon's operations.

It's the same deplorable ethics that Youtube used to rise to where they are today. It was probably the biggest copyright heist in history. Almost all of their traffic was to illega…