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by gruez 2697 days ago
Can anyone explain why this comment is being downvoted? Is it a matter of "yeah but Amazon does it too/is worse"?
2 comments

Perhaps because it includes multiple breaches of this line in the HN guidelines:

> Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents.

There may be a case for introducing information like this when a company is recommended, but the comment would need to be worded with more civility than that one was.

Oh sorry, I just wanted to inform people. I will try better next time!
The story is very likely untruthful.