HN is a strange forum, where ostensibly intelligent people will post uninformed, sensationalistic comments despite the presence of multiple earlier comments in the <i>same thread</i> by better-informed people explaining things clearly. To wit: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10848716" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10848716</a><p>(While I am not sure it nails all the nuances exactly, especially around the distinction between web and language APIs, it is an infinitely better account of the situation than what I&#x27;ve seen in any tech media so far. Golly, I wonder why.)<p>Of course, it doesn&#x27;t help that the better informed comment is also down-voted, making it harder to find.