[lukan]

"I'm new to HN and thought shilling the paid stuff violates the rules, so I didn't mention them."

HN ain't a non profit charity, but is the forum of a venture capitalist company, so talking about paid things does not violate any rules.

[all2]

Paying for things does cause some folks to champ at the bit, though, so his assessment is not unwarranted.

[cortesoft]

It mostly gets people going on and on about how they could do it themselves for free.