HN is different depending on the time of the day. It's 02:00AM here in Europe, most of it at least. So the opinions that you see are not Europe time opinions but USA time opinions. I'm going to sleep now, but I'm part of the crowd that is strongly in favor of this type of regulations. I doubt that is going to be perfect, but it's a step in the right direction.
HN is not a person but many different people in different places. Your message and mine will be probably received differently at another time of the day.
There are more places in the world than Europe and USA. I'm in Vietnam and it's 8.30 am. So maybe the opinions you're seeing are from Russia, India, China, Thailand, Indonesia, or Mongolia as well as the USA?
>but I'm part of the crowd that is strongly in favor of this type of regulations.
It boggles my mind that anyone would support having the government tell you, at the point of a gun, what kind of software you are allowed to run on your own computer.
HN is not a person but many different people in different places. Your message and mine will be probably received differently at another time of the day.