It is probably impossible to write a good comment that has as its thesis a characterization of the whole of HN as a community.

Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.

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

I didn't necessarily get the same impression from the comment thread that you did, given that there are a range of responses. But I will say that the idea of intermingling the ethos of Right to Repair with the ethos of Self-ownership[1] is one of the most decidedly "hacker" novel ideas I've encountered on Hacker News and I don't have words for the joy I experienced browsing the submission.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-ownership

Many hackers are now old enough to have reflected on dystopian science-fiction and come to the conclusion regulations are useful, sometimes. And many hackers realise most people are ignorant most of the time, us included, and do not trust amateurs to have all of sufficient knowledge, thoroughness, and benevolent intentions to manufacture powerful stuff you put inside you. I don't think curiosity is discouraged, just the impetus to turn it into action in this case.

Tell us what you think after you try out their dental cream and DIY pharmaceuticals.