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by unishark 1876 days ago
It's a level of negativity bias which seems to be overwhelmingly widespread nowadays. Things are either pure or else evil.

I think it comes from taking the upsides for granted. So the downsides are seen as seen as unnecessary and resulting from some kind of conspiracy or luck (e.g., network effects), rather than a trade-off where a company earned its success by providing benefits people wanted in return.