The author of the website details their issue with the way HN does moderation (which I can't say I disagree with, especially after HN intentionally disabled referrer headers for websites that take issue with HN). This only shows up if HN is in the referer URL.
I wouldn't call it a rant, but rather a polite request for HN policy to change.
What? All you need to do is resubmit the request without a Referer header. For me, using Firefox, this meant clicking in the address bar, changing nothing, and hitting enter.
That's hardly "no ability to do anything about it".
I mean people with no ability to alter HN moderation policy.
Consider it like this:
1. I think, "oh, that looks relevant, let me open that link".
2. I get a screenful of objections to HN moderation.
3. I shrug and close the tab.
Since I'm just a normal user who can't change HN moderation, the outcome is that HN doesn't change but I walk away with a worse opinion of the Asahi Linux folks.
Weird: HN is supposed to be technical but the people behind Asahi Linux have proven themselves to be technical wizards; meanwhile HN seems more interested in money and pseudo-libertarian politics than transformitive technical excellence. But such is our age.
I wouldn't call it a rant, but rather a polite request for HN policy to change.