FWIW I think this is a bad practice.

The Microsoft article reads like a corporate press release. The original link contained additional pertinent information and research which is good for discussion.

OK, I've swapped them back. Thanks!

The principles here are clear: we prefer the best third-party article to corporate press releases*, but at the same time we don't want blogspam (i.e. ripoffs that don't add anything interesting).

* https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...