That sounds like "we don't understand" except now we slightly better understand how little we understand. We don't even know how Tylenol works.
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JFC they managed to make it worse than reddit. But if you point out that HN is like reddit the moderators get defensive, provide no actual rebuttal, and continue to chant to themselves in their echo chamber about why HN is so interesting without soliciting feedback from their users.
Fuck you Dan Gackle - you ruined something great. Maybe you should make something users want instead of what you want.
That sounds like "we don't understand" except now we slightly better understand how little we understand. We don't even know how Tylenol works.
Sure, if you believe that making more money is the only thing that matters in this world. If you take this logic to its extreme you can justify anything if it makes you rich. You're simultaneously criticizing a system while defending your participation in it.
There are lots of things wrong with working at a FAANG for the money. If you don't like how Amazon treats their warehouse workers, don't work at Amazon. If you don't like how Facebook perpetuates fake news, don't work at Facebook. If you don't like Google's search monopoly, don't work at Google. Just because the world is a shitty place doesn't mean you can excuse yourself for being a shitty person.