It's interesting that people devote time to complaints and conspiracy theories about this. I've noticed that technically inclined people tend to get sucked into

It's interesting that people devote time to complaints and conspiracy theories about this. I've noticed that technically inclined people tend to get sucked into things and devote disproportionate amounts of time into them. Disproportionate to their life priorities and the return they see on that investment of time. I used to do it as well. I think I overcame it by just being more conscious about how I was using my time, and whether the thing I was spending time on was important enough. For example, if HN have spelled out that they're not changing this and they are to be believed, then the ROI of protesting it is approximately 0.