here's my conspiracy theory: At some point in the last decade, large newspapers saw their local ad monopolies being disrupted by Google search ads so as the lo

here's my conspiracy theory: At some point in the last decade, large newspapers saw their local ad monopolies being disrupted by Google search ads so as the lost ad revenue they started running negative headlines on Google left and right for years. Apple also took advantage of this and portrayed themselves as the saviors of privacy. That created a negative perception of Google and a positive one for Apple affecting the society as a whole including HNers and these random sample (jury).