[greyhat]

The language in these announcements is so cliched and tired. You're not "joining" anything, you were bought and now you work somewhere else. This isn't a baby shower or an engagement announcement, if anything your users are probably unhappy that their product is vaporizing, not thrilled for your Incredible Journey.

[dang]

It's true that acquisition announcements have gotten like that, but so has the genre of the angry internet comment response to them. The former, at least, contain a small amount of information; the latter only bitterness.

[whamlastxmas]

How is this a noteworthy comment? You admit that press releases like this are tired and cliche and misleading marketing speak, and then somehow expect people to not be unhappy with that, or to not express their opinion? This is a discussion platform, people will discuss things. There's not a whole lot to say about this article because there's so few details on what's going to change because of this (other than it being free).

[dang]

The idea of HN is to go for interesting discussion. Responding to a cliché with another, angrier cliché isn't interesting, because once something has become a cliché it's by definition predictable. At that point all you get is reflexive piling-on, not new insights.

[Yetanfou]

Nope, the first is an insult to the intelligence of the reader while the second is a reaction to the first. Honesty in communication is a virtue, not something to be squandered and trampled upon.

[solipsism]

The irony of this is comment is killing me!