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Comment by rndgermandude | Hacker News Reader

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I have no issue with Microsoft setting community standards for the online spaces they run, or anybody else for that matter. But Microsoft is setting community standards for places they do not run here, just because these spaces use their software. This is ridiculous, and sets yet another dangerous precedent.

What's next? Maybe Office 360 profanity filter, where your Office 360 account gets banned for writing about the Austrian Village formerly known as Fucking[1] in MS Word? Maybe the Windows 12 won't let you access your perfectly legal porn anymore? Or any files related to Scunthorpe. Or Edge refuses to stream Game of Thrones for you because of nudity and profanity... and then goes on to delete all your data and ban your MS account?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugging,_Upper_Austria

>> But Microsoft is setting community standards for places they do not run here, just because these spaces use their software. This is ridiculous, and sets yet another dangerous precedent.

I agree with what you are saying but of course somewhere Microsoft is probably hoping to convert Minecraft from a game anyone can host to a game that is always connected to some service of theirs. That way they can collect data or sell ads or maybe subscriptions.

I don't like the idea of open source games because you can't crowdsource editorial decisions. But I think gamers are going to be ready for a game that is made by a team, but owned and maintained by the gamers. Probably through a DAO or something like that. How else can you maintain a game for years in the best interest of people who bought it? Just making a game open source isn't enough imo.

> I have no issue with Microsoft setting community standards for the online spaces they run

That is the problem though. They run it, not the users like it used to be.

What do you mean? You can still download a dedicated server and run it on your own infra. I would say the users are running that and not Microsoft.

Google Docs/Drive is well-known for deleting user-written documents that they don't like, so nothing new here.

Do you have a source for this? Just curious.

there was a ton of stories a few years ago about Google Drive deleting sex workers' documents.

HN thread on it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16668267

Thanks.

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