I always find the backlash against Mozilla odd here. Not to say that they don't have lots of problems, but the top comment here is about cronyism. But as an alternative browser are we better to support Chrome? A singular company that wants to control the way the internet works (which means chromium is playing with fire too). These threads just fill with Mozilla hate which in turn promotes people's usage of Chrome. It's okay to not like Mozilla, but we do need to recognize that innovation and what's best for us and the internet relies on there being adequate competition. So I ask that you think of the unintended consequences when criticizing in an extreme manner.

A similar pattern seems to happen with other technologies. Signal is a great example. If we place apps/corporations as binary good or evil, the truth is that they are ALL evil. But that does not allow us to put pressure to push them to do good. It prevents us from promoting competition. And remember that a lot of people, even here on HN, don't understand the complexities and nuances that you're expressing your viewpoint from. So don't grab your pitch-fork, grab your pen. Do be critical, but not sensational. There is a difference between complaining and critiquing and social media tends to promote the former because people fighting encourages more engagement (not a metric HN heavily relies upon). It's up to us to break this cycle and choose how we speak and act online. It's clear at this point that those with the platforms aren't going to encourage this behavior, so we have to take the hard route.

We can be critical without being sensational.