Yeah it is very telling. Its pretty clear they have a very strong "You must toe ...

ajross · on Aug 17, 2015

True enough, though that's hardly unique to Amazon either. Apple is likewise famous for that.

Really, I'm seeing a bunch of grousing here on HN that doesn't seem to support the NYT allegations at all, which are much more serious.

fweespeech · on Aug 17, 2015

Yes but I've never worked for such a company and it seems to be mostly "big names" that, frankly, I wouldn't want to work for anyway.

So to me its still "odd".