He is not genuinely complaining about their ripping-off of anything; he's pointing out the ignorance and/or hypocrisy of these items: http://news.ycombinator.c

He is not genuinely complaining about their ripping-off of anything; he's pointing out the ignorance and/or hypocrisy of these items: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=158029 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=158029 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=158488 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=158488