I have noticed HN threads being increasingly monopolised by cranks obsessing about some "privacy" aspect of the posted story. Recently there was the thread abou

I have noticed HN threads being increasingly monopolised by cranks obsessing about some "privacy" aspect of the posted story. Recently there was the thread about unlocking Pixel phones. In this case (IMO) excessive freaking out about software checking for updates - a useful and unremarkable behaviour. It's becoming tedious.