This is Hacker News after all, a lot of us owe our careers to the fact that computers have trended towards open platforms without gatekeepers collecting rent. “Just business” or not, it's sad to see that innovation in commerce has shifted from the relatively open platform of the web to the relatively controlled platform of App Stores.
> This is Hacker News after all, a lot of us owe our careers to the fact that computers have trended towards open platforms without gatekeepers collecting rent.
I daresay a lot of people here owe their careers to the actual (and aspirational, especially considering the site sponsor) gatekeepers collecting rent, too.
A lot of HN is also FAANG and other billion dollar companies, all of which behave exactly the same way. I don't see it as sad, this is the future we, the HN people created.
