The internet is seen by many to be a vehicle of freedom of speech, and even a basic human right. The outcry on NN is likely an pushback on the principle that it sets a dangerous precedent of privatizing a public service.
If there are no previous submissions with comments or votes a few reposts are allowed (see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html). Please only link to other submissions if they are relevant like that. Pointing to an empty page is just noise.
As others have pointed out, use-cases for Vagrant still exist, but docker containers is a more popular VE for development. Docker very much still has stuff to work through (ex. docker storage) to believe there's going to be a hot new VE sooner rather than later.
