[nsoqm]

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.

[ImPostingOnHN]

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]

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.