My intent was not to dispute their argument, but I didn't have the stomach to see techbros piling onto that, as tends to happen. If the OP didn't point out that tech overall has become a cesspool industry doing comparable things, then someone had to.
indeed, with whataboutism, the intent never is to solve the problem, only to deflect, with the aim usually of ensuring the problem remains unresolved, and perhaps even undiscussed
> If the OP didn't point out that tech overall has become a cesspool industry doing comparable things, then someone had to.
I suppose this is true if you start with the assumption that someone is going to engage in the intellectually dishonest fallacy of whataboutism
as for your portrayal of HN, it is as self-serving as your prior analogy.
