> It's called humor. It may not be appropriate on HN [...]
Humor, or as in this case snarky look-at-my-clever-phrasing passed off as humor, is no excuse for writing pointless shit. The article offers no insight or useful discussion.
> [...] neither is bitching about it every time the source is you-know-who.
andrewvc was only complaining that the article was bad in and of itself.
Also, there are no innocuous statements in press releases. And certainly not in this one.