Thinkx220

Couldn't care less.

It's all about who you think is more likely to put you in a van. If you are an American it probably won't be the FSB. Different countries will vary on this decision.

It's a non issue if you don't live in Russia. Also not a coin flip. If you are outside of Russia using Russian based services is objectively better.

We could easily restrict them from selling in the US

You could easily ban foreign products from being sold on US web platforms. We have done it to a limited degree many times.

Why should a foreign marketplace get the same benefit of the doubt as a domestic market? Especially if those foreign markets belong to countries that are hostile to mine?

Classic Hacker News to complain about the market abusing the public's trust but when someone suggests a government make a change that benefits their own constituents over other countries it's down voted.

Literally the entire reason these products exist is to be a replacement for meat. A replacement should be as good as the thing it is replacing.

By lowering taxes and deregulating the economy.

Maturity is different than intelligence.

It's comments like this that convince me most programmers are arogant douchebags. Just because someone has a weird idea about an event that had almost no direct affect on the general population doesn't mean we should remove those peoples ability to have a choice in matters which will effect them.

Knowing more than someone else does not make you morally superior or give you more of a right to have a say in your own fate.

No it doesn't. Literally nobody would have to change anything.