Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment order+1 Richard Sure, he is cherry picking examples, but there are a lot of examples to choose from. I used mostly Linux at home for about 15 years, then switched to a decade of MacOS. My new laptop is a Linux laptop and I think I will go back to Linux as my main driver. I am really conflicted about cellphones. I was unhappy with the crap ware preloaded on my Verizon Android phones. I am happier with a Verizon…
Note the dates at the bottom: 2012-2018. r/StallmanWasRight
"I can't sympathize much with those app developers, since they are making proprietary software. They all deserve to fail. However, that doesn't excuse the way Apple treats them." This is one of the first things I read on this page. This kind of uncompromising, unsympathetic view makes me think less that Stallman stands for something valuable, and more that he wants to use his principles to be a dick. I mean, I get it, it's Stallman. He always has a…
Tomorrow, Apple will try to convince you 'the developer' that they are your 'friends', whilst iOS 14 and macOS 10.16 will sherlock and kill a bunch of similar apps out there. Stallman still has documented Apple's past behaviour, but the App Store issues are the tip of the iceberg. Even previous WWDCs (pre-2010 'Mac OS X' days), it was nothing like any of this. Now every WWDC, they're becoming increasingly hostile and antagonistic towards developers. Apple is not your friend.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 3
- Total points
- 517
- Total comments
- 353
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-17 | RMS on Apple | zeeshanm | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-08-07 | Reasons not to use AppleFirst breakout | e19293001 | 56 | 106 |
| 2019-03-16 | Reasons Not to Use Apple (2018)Best thread | donttrack | 338 | 223 |
| 2020-06-21 | Reasons Not to Use Apple (2012-2018) | illuminated | 15 | 3 |
| 2021-08-06 | Reasons Not to Use AppleHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | lioeters | 106 | 21 |