It's purely about who journalists and other writers see as friends vs. enemies. Nothing at all to do with actual privacy. People who hope to make money from the

It's purely about who journalists and other writers see as friends vs. enemies. Nothing at all to do with actual privacy. People who hope to make money from their own websites see Google as neutral or even beneficial, helping them get more clicks and more ad dollars. They see Facebook as stealing those clicks, as the content is read on Facebook itself. This is clear from the very first example in the OP: "We Don’t Make Any Money If You Don’t Click The <censored by HN> Link" I'm not saying who's correct or incorrect, right or wrong, just that the belief exists and drives behavior. Even if there's no deliberate ill intent, there's a natural tendency for people to be more hyper-aware of their perceived enemies' failings than of others'. Always consider self-interest when seeing what other websites publish about the big tech companies, or I guess about anything else either.