“Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data.”
“Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.”
Disclaimer: I am not a mod. I just believe the guidelines are worthwhile following.
Going forward, consider properly researching pricing and consider that what you might find easy might not be what the vast majority of people agree with.
Disclaimer: I have no relation to Tailscale, but the company I work for pays for the business tier service.
Comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31957379 is exactly right.
I used the 'disgusting' reference because the parent did. I could have lightened the language perhaps, but I truly do find it detestable when people use subscription services to pave over something that takes a small amount of time to learn. The comment is certainly no more egregious than the parent.
> and had both objectively false info (tailscale is in free for individual use)
Dunno what that means, I never disputed that in my comment, you seem to be reading it out of context.
With regards to the pricing, your comment said "pay a subscription fee", which implies all tiers of Tailscale are paid, which they aren't, similar to AWS free tier services.
I looked closely at that data (though not in recent weeks) and saw zero evidence of that.
People reach for this conclusion much too quickly when they see a topic (or opinion) they're not fond of showing up repeatedly on the site. That's why the site guidelines specifically ask you not to post these insinuations when you don't have any evidence (and why they ask you to email us if you think you do).
However the fact that this product is about networking makes me even more suspicious about a very elaborate voting ring.
However I agree, without any proof perhaps it's just a very smooth product.