Comment by hmage

I've noticed that too. I think it depends on the topic. Many are biased when it comes to Apple (me too). Some even defend their misbehaving. My emotional reaction to Apple misbehaving is usually anger because I somehow feel disappointed, even betrayed by Apple. "Apple, how can you build such gorgeous hardware and still act so unethical?". This is of course irrational: Apple is a company that does everything to grow.

My view is that a large group of people interested in building companies, tools, etc moved on and only come back when there’s a PR issue that pushes then to comment. What’s left behind is basically the same old /. esque crowd from the internet of old.

Too mainstream, regression to mean.