Accacin

No one here seriously thinks the UK is faultless or beyond criticism. This isn't about national pride.

But you're just peddling false narratives which are easily disproved, which are rampant especially on right wing news sites. So you might not be right leaning, but people who write and share them generally are.

Use less Americanisms if you don't want to appear American. Either way, not British. And not a bot? That clears it up then.

99.9% of the time I see this claim, it's right-wing Americans or bots trying to make the UK look like a hell-hole. They completely ignore the context surrounding it, and simply prefer to believe the claim.

No point even arguing with them, it's a lost cause.

Unfortunately, linking one bad article does not make something true. The number you quote includes threatening phone calls, abusive text messages, and general harassment including domestic violence. Four in five arrests did not result in a charge. You also don't hear about the ones that are charged, because they're less entertaining to read about in the news.

Also, shit like, "Authorities arrested a grandmother for silently holding a sign outside an abortion clinic that said “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, if you want.”" - Yeah, take your fucking signs away from people trying to get an abortion. It's harassment.

And, to top if off, you're American. I'm not sure how you can call our government the "bad guys".

You're not British. Probably, you've never been to the UK. Why are you so sure about what we're concerned about?

Most people's concerns are with the cost of living, and housing. Same as most European countries.

Within my friend group, no one cares about Apple because none of us use Apple.

What I'm taking from this is that no one is happy about anything, ever. New design is fine. Old design is fine. I just want to search for an app and find that app, which is mostly what happens.

I appreciate all the hard work that goes into F-Droid <3

I'd be surprised if a lot of people aren't like myself. I prefer physical books at home, but if I'm out and about travelling I always take my kindle.

Saying that, I rarely buy ebooks. I generally 'find' them online but only if I own the actual physical book. If I don't have the physical book whilst I'm travelling, I'll buy the eBook and then I'll usually buy the physical book too.

I can immediately tell you're not arguing in "good faith" when you resort to "mean tweets".

The numbers commonly being reporting include stalkers, criminals, etc.

You don't get arrested for being politically incorrect in the UK. You get arrested for posting something threatening, harassing, inciteful, or grossly indecent. Also, being arrested and being charged are two completely separate things.

Yes, the UK is famously unique in having sexual assault against children.

I'm pretty disappointed to see all this nonsense about the UK on Hacker News.

Like the UK being the most scary country of all Western democracies? Have you not see what's happening in the USA? The US, Europe, and UK are all trying to implement basically the same ideas.

Now, I completely disagree with the current government in pretty much anything related to "protect the children", but the hyperbole is insane.

Finally, have you seen the UK's track record with IT projects? This is never going anywhere. £75 is nothing in the grand scheme of things.

Can I ask an honest question? Why does that matter in the slightest? LLMs come out with completely incorrect information all the time, and Western LLMs are censored for various topics too.

It's such a weird "Gotcha" that seems to only assume that Chinese LLMs might censor something.

Again, this would not apply to pre-existing games.

No, what's silly is that you haven't even taken the time to read the initiative. You're coming out with the same incorrect arguments as PirateSoftware did.

What they're saying is (for games that would come out in the future only), is that they need to have an EoL plan for the game.

Let people host their own servers. That used to be a standard feature of multiplayer games.