YC created Flock 10 years ago
YC created the company and HN spread total disinformation and propaganda about it to us, blaming governments who actually banned it. Some local governments have caved and are cutting deals with Flock now though, so it’s all bad. YC and HN are at the center of it. It’s their company.
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Schlagbohrer
Big if true
tobylane
https://whoistheownerof.com/who-owns-flock-safety-complete-o... Which year did they take part in HN?
giov4
omg, feels like I should delete my HN account now.
nateb2022
> HN spread total disinformation and propaganda about it to us, blaming governments who actually banned it Source?
simonw
"YC created X" is a bit of a misleading framing, as is "it's their company". Flock were part of the YC Summer 2017 batch: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/flock-safety "YC funded Flock" is a more accurate representation. https://www.ycombinator.com/companies lists 6,202 funded companies now. I'm sure anyone on HN could find at least a few there that they fundamentally disagree with.
bix6
Why do you need a burner to post this? I dislike flock too but bring receipts.
neoecos
True, I was in that batch. But the company was more about neighbors associations
Muromec
I like how flock exists, but idea of centralized and controlled system of physical and digital ids used in Europe is somehow controversial. Maybe this is what cyberpunk was all about?