I can't help but feel you're missing the elephant in the room: this isn't about hating interns, it's about money. Hiring an intern, even without any pay, costs a company money because it means other people are coaching the intern and thus producing less output than they would be otherwise. Right now there is little money going around in the market so companies have less space to take on interns. When money is cheaper again, expect to see more openings like that.