You're right of course! but I need to point out that the rule asks for titles to be changed when they're misleading or clickbait:
"Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize." - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
It's always interesting to to me that although the rule cuts both ways, people only tend to remember one. Maybe that 'unless' needs to be phrased more clearly?
While technically being against the ‘rule’ against editorializing titles, I guess in this case it was to make it less sensational xD