While pretty shitty for the people affected, I think this [and the many similar virtue-signaling stunts we've seen by big US global internet corporations] is go

While pretty shitty for the people affected, I think this [and the many similar virtue-signaling stunts we've seen by big US global internet corporations] is good for the internet, in the long run. Far too few companies monopolising far too much of our online life at the moment. Hopefully, now, more people will realise that they shouldn't trust their time, their data and, in some instances their careers, to to the capricious whims of a few big US corporations. And we'll see more growth in decentralised alternatives. As an aside; I find it a bit sad to see how many HN-ers are tacitly supporting these blanket bans on all Russians, issued by various websites. I wonder if you'd still think it OK if such sites announced they were banning all Jews, Moslems or blacks, due to the actions of some government of that extraction?