| There isn't one Hacker News. Nearly every product you list also has it's greatest champions here on HN. yt-dlp's post on HN garnered a lot of overwhelmingly positive attention [0]. I learned about NewPipe from HN and am now an ardent fan. Also received an overwhelming amount of positive attention recently, with the top comment recommending a fork that blocks even more advertising [1]. Every release of uBlock Origin gets hundreds of upvotes (1.53 got 527 points [2]). Again, overwhelmingly positive attention. There's a subset of HN that is obsessed with the fediverse, and another subset that is skeptical, but the skepticism is overwhelmingly technical in nature. If you want to see corporate shills on HN, you'll probably be able to find some, but it's certainly not a majority (much less unanimous!) view. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37474066 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38144400 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38094620 |