Clearly Google is going to get bought out by somebody any day now and we can kiss those searching, mapping, and mail services goodbye. As are Facebook and Twitter--better find someone that you can pay for your social networking, stat!
And obviously Hacker News isn't going to be around for long...
I think that's an important distinction. I'd have been much less grumpy about the article if he'd said "avoid using services that someone is providing for free off of investor capital with no plan for monetization."
And obviously Hacker News isn't going to be around for long...