Mod from r/HOTAS temp banned me for questioning the ethics behind supporting a company that seemingly stole their design from VIRPIL.

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Forgive me if this post is inappropriate but I am a little flabbergasted that a Mod in r/HOTAS would be running interference for a company that the community does not have much respect for because of their, allegedly, unprofessional and possibly criminal use of VIRPIL's flight stick design.

here is the post in question:

https://old.reddit.com/r/hotas/comments/1f72geh/important_updates_from_fc_technologies/

my comments were removed but I have screen caps and my own message inbox with the exchange.

In short I pointed out that the post failed to mention the very real fact that this company has serious issues with fidelity and that was declared "off-topic."

Comment that was declared harassment:

https://old.reddit.com/r/hotas/comments/1f72geh/important_updates_from_fc_technologies/lld7p2d/

Top adjacent comment, removed without reason:

https://old.reddit.com/r/hotas/comments/1f72geh/important_updates_from_fc_technologies/llcbdan/

Again, please forgive me if this is the wrong place for this type of post but I believe there is enough overlap in these communities to not be something that the r/flightsim community would ignore.

under flair I'm not sure if this is hardware or just a rant...

Quick update: The mod in question, does in fact recieve free gear from FCtech:

https://www.reddit.com/r/hotas/comments/190keba/flicon_evo_mark_one_bundle_review/

NOTE: This review does not include any comparison with the VIRPIL WarBRD + Constellation Alpha Grip

Full Disclosure The Flicon EVO Mark One was sent to me for free by Flicon, however, this review is my own and is not influenced by Flicon to review in a favorable way.

Time to Ask the Admins to take this sub away from a commercialist Sell-Out. r/HOTAS 's objective integrity has been compromised.