This has been and is being discussed in so many HN threads right now that this is not a great place to re-rehearse the same flamewars. Let's not let the generic drown out the specific—that's the main thing that reduces intellectual curiosity on the site.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

(Yes, the GP comment started it by including flamebait, but it's not necessary to take the bait, and the guidelines ask everyone to resist that.)