[zachalexander]

"Crippled" is a bit of an overstatement. Of the billions of websites in existence, he blocked one, for a poorly-thought-out but well-intentioned reason, and reversed it in a candid and transparent way.

I don't see how that would outweigh almost any other comparison shopping consideration (UI, features, etc.).

[Kylekramer]

A developer making his product worse over personal bullshit would outweigh almost every other consideration, especially in such a competitive market.

[robertpateii]

You've already noted this in your previous comment, and now you've included a word that is typically used in anger.

I'm guilty as the next internet-person of over-reacting. I can see no reason to be upset about someone else doing the same, whether it's Marco, you, or any other reasonable stranger.

[Kylekramer]

It is a personal habit of mine that I treat shit and its variants as very casual terms. Doesn't reflect well on me, but it is a failing of mine. I'm not angry at all, just slightly baffled at how quick everyone is heap praise on someone who did something very stupid and then backtracked after many people pointed out how stupid they were being. Bullshit in this case is just used to point out how frivolous the matter was that caused the censoring.

[andrewflnr]

You persist in assuming he had malicious intentions. Do you have a good reason to conclude malice rather than incompetence?

[Kylekramer]

Going with my instinct, I would definitely assume malice. In this very post, Marco says that he overreacted in part due to his anger at 9to5Mac.

But in the end, I don't care if it was malice or incompetence. I refuse to believe person who made a mistake and apologized > person who never made the mistake in the first place. Learning is fine, but some things you shouldn't have to learn.