[vkou]

> I get a sense that the intent is more to persuade via bullying than anything else, which...I dunno. Doesn't feel great!

Most advertising persuades you with less-than-rational means. It's just fighting fire with fire.

And it's quite justified, because in this case, it punches up against a technology with a net-negative social impact.

[Brendinooo]

I, of course, could never confirm intent in an online comment thread, but I suspect that some people like to give themselves permission to be mean.

(This suspicion hasn't been lessened by some of the replies I've received.)