This kind of argument is unhelpful and, per the guidelines, unwelcome on HN. I don't much like Hackernoon (it's a low quality source) but you can make that argument without suggesting a shadowy conspiracy.
I have never seen a "Google is unfairly promoting Go" argument that wasn't fundamentally silly. Would that it were otherwise, but I don't think Go is a super important company priority inside Google, rather, I think it's mostly a labor of love for a small faction of Googlers.
I’m not arguing that Google is unfairly promoting Go, nor that it Hackernoon has anything to do with Google or is a conspiracy.
It’s more a question about what Hackernoon actually is given that there appear to be these editorializing pieces arguing strongly in favor of or against one thing or another.
I have never seen a "Google is unfairly promoting Go" argument that wasn't fundamentally silly. Would that it were otherwise, but I don't think Go is a super important company priority inside Google, rather, I think it's mostly a labor of love for a small faction of Googlers.