I think that it’s very important to remember that most software, by count, is not some deep-pocketed VC-funded / big tech company’s baby. If HN people stopped

I think that it’s very important to remember that most software, by count, is not some deep-pocketed VC-funded / big tech company’s baby. If HN people stopped working for HN companies then they’d see that most of the behaviours they complain about, on HN, are not universal inevitabilities.