> Not to sound preachy, but did anyone have the "wait isn't this bad for the environment" reaction to any of the other stories on HN today? Starlink? That new Samsung fab plant? Shit, there's an ad on the front page right now for a gourmet dinner delivery startup. What is it about this one that brings out HN's inner environmentalist?

The others aren't claiming to be an environmental solution so it doesn't get looked at under that lens first. Plastic as well strikes a nerve by hitting upon other issues like microplastics and past deception of recyclability.

I think it essentially hits a lot of "bad idea flags" combined with a cognitive bias I noticed. A company which casts itself as "pro-worker" company paying $12/hr for say sign-turner jobs when most in the field/area pay only minimum wage getting more backlash than everyone else. didn't "betray them" in spite of paying higher than everyone else. It seems everybody hates hypocrisy in which they are not a participant.