No one is stealing anything here, and I didn't even advocate for blocking the job postings (which I also pointed out I'm not sure are even paid). I simply questioned whether the job postings are even paid at all.
HN says that they are the ads on the platform - they’re a perk for the companies who have been accepted to YC and want to attract talent to their startup.
If blocking them does not financially impact HN, blocking them would certainly make the life of that startup harder than it needs to be. Particularly as none of the arguments that routinely get used against trackers actually seem to apply here.