HN has a sizable contingent of commenters who reliably show up to defend billion and trillion dollar corporations and reprehensible corporate behavior. I honestly can't explain it without alleging astroturf.
They see themselves as the future Musks and Bezos' of the world, or at the very least are either employed by, or have vested interests into their companies
I assume they're bots
Look, just because someone doesn't have a functioning soul doesn't mean they are a bot.