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Comment by ksikka | Hacker News Reader

Why don't you start better companies? Show them wrong. Don't just sit at your laptop, complain about how bad all these popular, massively used services are. If you don't like it, leave and make it better.

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Marco is not just another blogger who just complains. He's started Tumblr and Instapaper.

I don't agree with his opinion in his case, but he always has interesting insight.

Well, he was the first employee of Tumblr and definitely instrumental in its success and implementation (the PHP framework used is mostly his own creation).

I imagine Marco is already working on interesting stuff and doesn't want to start a new business to compete with the companies he is criticizing. Just because you have identified a weakness doesn't mean you have the time or desire to exploit it.

As an Amazon customer, I just want them to be the best they can be. I don't give a shit about competing in the retail space.

That strikes me as a statement that completely ignores the reality of the situation of creating a successful online retail presence. Also telling other people what to do seems incredibly naive, and the last part of your comment just strikes me as asinine.

my point is, there's no need for the cathartic negativity in form of a blog post.

1. these companies actually do provide valuable services that we are better off for

2. an overwhelmingly negative blog post addresses the problem but not the solution, so it's not being constructive

There is value in simply having things out in the open, explicitly. In this case the point of the post is to give perspective on where the industry is headed, and I found it valuable.

You're begging the question that catharsis has no value.

you're right, I didn't see that perspective.

Do you see the remarkable irony of your two posts?

Because it's so easy to start a company and compete with Amazon.

I doubt it's ever been easier

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