Hard agree. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/meta-debuts-playstati... is an example I remember. The subject matter of the is not controversial (just another Game Pass like subscription), but the comment section is full of -- yes you've guessed it -- Meta BAD! There is absolutely no meaningful discussion of the service itself.

I mostly stopped paying attention to the comment section after that, and Ars in general.

You see the same sort of thing around here with people complaining about the death of Google Reader on anything that even vaguely mentions Google.