HN shocked and appalled that a "founder" cannot make billions running a largely unmoderated social network without facing a few consequences:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41341353
edit @dgerard already posted this on the top level, I just got triggered by one of the many dupe submissions on HN
highlights include
- standard Signal-bashing
- comparison with other heroes like Kim Dotcom (lol) and Snowden
- outrage that the arrest order was issued while Durov was in the air, so he couldn't evade justice (this is unconfirmed)
- outrage that being a citizen of a country allows that country to enforce its laws against someone
Durov is rich and accused in a country governed by the rule of law (in contrast to the other country which has issued him a passport, the UAE). He can afford the very best lawyers and will have to be content with staying in Paris while this works out, boo-hoo.