&gt; <i>So how would have been an acceptable way for the commenter to make his point?</i><p>If by &quot;acceptable&quot; you mean better for HN, it&#x27;s not hard to imagine a thoughtful comment about the difference between making money from an app product vs. an app-building shop. Also it would be easy not to belittle the OP&#x27;s achievement (as &quot;empower others to fail&quot;, for example, does).