[joshl32532]

Unless you're Google SVP+, nobody will think you're speaking for Google...

[Rebelgecko]

Mostly just trying to avoid an awkward gotcha moment where someone digs through my comment history, finds a reference to my employer, and accuses me of some sort of shilling.

I've seen it happen to other people and IMO it's better to go with the lame disclaimer.

[aleksiy123]

There's quite a bit of news stories that start of with "Googlers <verb> ..." which is based on the comments of a couple employees.

Better to just play it safe.

[Freedom2]

Or even speaking on behalf of a significant part of Google employees. The hubris of HN Googlers is astounding, sometimes.

[nabogh]

They're trying to avoid repurcussions from saying something their employer doesn't endorse

[Freedom2]

No reasonable person would think that Google, the company, would endorse a message like this:

> it's actually $42-$79 that most of us didn't have to fight particularly hard for