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Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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1386 points BogdanTheGeek | 8 comments | 15 Sep 25 17:53 UTC | HN request time: 1.124s | source | bottom
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Dilettante_ ◴[15 Sep 25 00:35 UTC] No.45244814[source]▶
I respect the point about not wanting to send the manufacturer any business, but I would love to know the brand so I'd know which ones to rescue if given the chance.
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efilife ◴[15 Sep 25 01:29 UTC] No.45245141[source]▶
I am probably stupid so bear with me. I don't get the part about not naming brands if you are certain they won't ever sponsor you. I feel like it just hurts the value of the article with nothing gained
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1. Dilettante_ ◴[15 Sep 25 11:48 UTC] No.45248568[source]▶
It's not about sponsorships and integrity, it's about preventing the pipeline "Person reads article -> Sees this brand of vape has micocontrollers -> Buys this brand of vape".

(If I understood the author correctly, y'know, not to speak for them)

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2. efilife ◴[15 Sep 25 18:32 UTC] No.45253325[source]▶
Ok, but what's bad about this?
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3. Dilettante_ ◴[15 Sep 25 20:13 UTC] No.45254384[source]▶
Contributing to people buying stuff that's bad for them, and giving money to an industry that profits off it, presumably? Again, I'm just assuming the author's position(which, for the record I do not share) here.
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4. acuozzo ◴[15 Sep 25 20:37 UTC] No.45254609[source]▶
Possibly greater e-waste than there would otherwise have been.
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5. efilife ◴[17 Sep 25 00:52 UTC] No.45270235[source]▶
don't worry about speaking for the author. I want to gather as many explanations of this as possible because none of them seem to be consistent and make much sense. I feel like people do this because others do it too without much questioning.

With your example, why would the author care whether some random person buys the vape he mentioned in his article? I don't see the point

6. efilife ◴[17 Sep 25 00:54 UTC] No.45270246{3}[source]▶
may I ask what's your personal stance on this?
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7. efilife ◴[17 Sep 25 00:55 UTC] No.45270253{3}[source]▶
I doubt it. He doesn't want to mention a SPECIFIC brand. But is fine with mentioning vaping. Or maybe you meant the chip?
8. Dilettante_ ◴[18 Sep 25 08:20 UTC] No.45286984{4}[source]▶
My position is "give people all the info you have, do not make the 'right' decision for them."