How could you implement something like this by accident?
z Quickly spin up Hacker News comments from anywhere on your macOS or Windows machine with a lobotomy.
Commercial front-ends just hide the random seed parameters.
(Yes, this is malware. It’s incontrovertibly adware, and although some will argue that not all adware is malware, this behaviour easily meets the requirements to be deemed malicious.)
It is said, never point a gun at something you’re not willing to shoot. Apply something similar here.
Is that the most charitable way?