[qnleigh]

I know Google's track record prior to the DOW contact is far from perfect, but is it really so hard to understand why it crossed a line for a lot of people? Why are we acting like ad tracking/targeting and developing autonomous lethal weapons are morally comparable?

[senordevnyc]

Because HN posters constantly have their outrage meter pegged at 11, and there’s no room for nuance, good faith, benefit of the doubt, or different perspectives, anywhere. Big corporations and wealthy people are all the worst of the worst, nothing less than pure evil, as bad as Hitler or Stalin.

[qnleigh]

Ironically this take is also a pretty black-and-white, cynical take. There are far worse places on the internet in this respect than Hacker News.

[senordevnyc]

Ironically this take is also a pretty black-and-white, cynical take.

I'll give you that, it's really lame what HN has turned into and as a user for almost twenty years now, I'm bummed by it.