Hacker News: Despegar

New comment by Despegar in "[dead]"

Despegar — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 01:55:06 +0000

The story mentions that Sergey Brin was "tbd" on his support for Israel. Sergey Brin has recently made it clear which side he's on [1].

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/08/sergey-...

New comment by Despegar in "BYD to offer Tesla-like self-driving tech in all models for free"

Despegar — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 23:59:35 +0000

Yeah I don't care

New comment by Despegar in "BYD to offer Tesla-like self-driving tech in all models for free"

Despegar — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 23:55:23 +0000

Tesla would be fucked without tariffs.

U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts

Despegar — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 07:45:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/07/apple-encryption-backdoor-uk/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42970412

Points: 762

# Comments: 1034

New comment by Despegar in "Houthis Say US and UK Ships Can Safely Take Red Sea Passage"

Despegar — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:24:35 +0000

So despite the very weak propaganda about the Houthis, it turns out it was all about the Gaza genocide. This could have stopped at any point by the Biden administration, instead it came down to Trump and his real estate guy telling Israel how high to jump (debunking another weak propaganda narrative). All for Zionist donors and votes, and he still lost.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/12/amnesty-inter...

Houthis Say US and UK Ships Can Safely Take Red Sea Passage

Despegar — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:21:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-20/houthis-say-us-and-uk-ships-can-safely-take-red-sea-passage

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42769568

Points: 4

# Comments: 4

New comment by Despegar in "DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome"

Despegar — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:20:37 +0000

No one should. It should get an IPO. Chrome will make a lot of money from Google, Bing, ChatGPT, etc by selling default search.

New comment by Despegar in "Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon"

Despegar — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 15:56:52 +0000

It's fine for App Store developers to complain about their costs of doing business like any other business. I'm not sure what the point of bringing up nonsensical hypotheticals like bank payments is.

New comment by Despegar in "Twilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy users"

Despegar — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 19:15:46 +0000

What's the best two-factor app right now?

New comment by Despegar in "Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, merchant traffic through Suez Canal down >50%"

Despegar — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 04:08:26 +0000

The Houthis didn't find out why Americans don't have healthcare.

New comment by Despegar in "Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks"

Despegar — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:00:33 +0000

Well the they might be just a college student, but they could have a relationship with the actual target in some way. And if it's part of a complex operation they could be trying some indirect approaches.

Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account

Despegar — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 18:12:25 +0000

Article URL: https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/08/epic-says-apple-will-reinstate-developer-account-clearing-path-for-epic-games-store-on-iphone/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39643981

Points: 521

# Comments: 601

New comment by Despegar in "Apple terminates Epic Games developer account, calling it a 'threat' to iOS"

Despegar — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 19:26:07 +0000

This will be another issue determined by EU courts, but Apple is not justifying it as a show of force. They're justifying it based on Epic's prior breach of contract and statements they've made. I think based on the record, courts will side with Apple.

New comment by Despegar in "Apple terminates Epic Games developer account, calling it a 'threat' to iOS"

Despegar — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:47:20 +0000

Right, the major difference being that Epic is not an employee of Apple and thus cannot benefit from employment law. The terms of their relationship is governed by contract law, and now the DMA.

New comment by Despegar in "Apple terminates Epic Games developer account, calling it a 'threat' to iOS"

Despegar — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:01:47 +0000

I'm not aware of any duty to deal in the DMA.

New comment by Despegar in "Apple terminates Epic Games developer account, calling it a 'threat' to iOS"

Despegar — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 17:21:47 +0000

Epic perhaps thought Apple might show them grace after the lawsuit in the US. A kind of repeat of the Apple-Samsung litigation where everyone has a "it's just business" attitude and keeps doing business together while simultaneously suing each other. Apple on the other hand has decided they will show them no quarter. I don't think they're being emotional about it. I think it's to show every other developer that they will actually enforce the DPLA that everyone signs, and they won't turn the other cheek.

New comment by Despegar in "Apple reverses course on death of Progressive Web Apps in EU"

Despegar — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 20:18:02 +0000

Companies comply with those regulations because, on balance, the incentives still make it logical to. That doesn't mean an unbalanced regulation that misunderstands the target's incentives would result in the outcome the regulator wants.

New comment by Despegar in "Apple reverses course on death of Progressive Web Apps in EU"

Despegar — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 20:00:56 +0000

Malicious compliance and "spirit of the law" aren't real things when it comes to the legal system. You either comply with the law or you don't. And courts will ultimately decide if Apple's interpretation of the DMA complies or not.

New comment by Despegar in "Apple reverses course on death of Progressive Web Apps in EU"

Despegar — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 18:46:22 +0000

They were basically negotiating in public. I think the EC probably realized that the DMA as currently written is flawed and producing outcomes they don't want, and this episode basically highlighted it to them. They probably told Apple there won't be any enforcement against only Safari having it, because the alternative is worse. A basic principle is that you are very unlikely to compel Apple to engineer anything unless they choose to, and you would most likely lose in the EU courts if you tried to. Any regulation that doesn't factor that in is going to be doomed to fail.

New comment by Despegar in "Inside North Korea's Forced Labor Program"

Despegar — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 06:37:07 +0000

Apparently you have a higher standard for "get along" than I do. I think not being actively at war for decades qualifies.