I often see the comment on HN that "equity is worthless, make sure your cash salary accounts for that". So when that was done here, why the sour grapes? As ano

I often see the comment on HN that "equity is worthless, make sure your cash salary accounts for that". So when that was done here, why the sour grapes? As another commenter pointed out, there was obviously a fair agreement here: work for Mailchimp at X salary and no equity, or don't. Nobody was forced into anything, and if no equity was offered, then I'm sure the salaries had to be competitive in the market. Nobody would be stupid enough to work for them otherwise.