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		CharlesW on Oct 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its... The difference between "a friend who worked at Apple said he could see his spouse's purchases" and "I worked at a company which wrote software used for immoral purposes" is that one is hearsay and one is not.

oliveshell on Oct 3, 2022 | [–]

One is hearsay to the speaker. Unless proof is provided, they’re both hearsay all the same to the receiving audience.

howinteresting on Oct 4, 2022 | [–]

Do you want the friend to show up on news dot ycombinator dot com? What entitles this forum to that? HN isn't a court of law.

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