The original comment said to stop giving money to these companies if they are not giving you a satisfactory service.

The opposite, to be lazy and to continue giving them money whilst being unhappy with what you get in return, would actually be more like defending the companies.

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ImPostingOnHN a day ago | parent [-]

The original comment actually criticized Microsoft for a lack of investment to secure their paid and fairly lucrative service that they bought a popular code hosting platform to integrate with.

The opposite we see here: to not criticize them; to blame Microsoft's failure on the critics; and even to discourage any such criticism, are actually more like defending large companies.

	▲	miohtama 21 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It is a lucrative service just because people are lazy and keep buying from Microsoft. Otherwise, they would migrate to better alternatives. This especially includes governments and other institutional buyers.