Do you have any data to back up that claim? I have the same feeling with some people, but I wouldn’t go as far as stating this as general truth for most.

You don’t have to be smart to become a lawyer, lots of memorizing and some street smarts will do just fine

they did in fact open source their drivers and I haven’t had problems with Nvidia cards on Linux since years

Rhythmbox

Agree with all of this, but why then does the author stay on HN? It’s as with Xitter, at some point staying on the platform makes you complicit.