Why They Won't Do It

The cluster focuses on comments questioning or debating why a company or group ('they') is not taking a specific action, emphasizing unwillingness or lack of interest over inability.

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Keywords

QA don want think don suppose just don want want think don think o1 just don govern hold

Sample Comments

anigbrowl Feb 23, 2024 View on HN

It's not that they can't, it's that they don't.

Tichy Sep 17, 2012 View on HN

They don't seem to want to do that. Now what?

glhaynes Dec 2, 2010 View on HN

I wonder why they're not doing that.

advice4u Jul 5, 2013 View on HN

Why do you think they do not do that?

maxxxxx Feb 1, 2019 View on HN

Thy can do this but they don’t want to.

powera May 1, 2016 View on HN

Why do you think they haven't?

Throwaway1771 Dec 6, 2020 View on HN

There's definitely a reason they aren't.

thisjepisje Aug 24, 2014 View on HN

Why don't they want it anyway?

JKCalhoun Nov 6, 2023 View on HN

Sounds like they may not want to.

hansvm Aug 10, 2025 View on HN

That's just a potential explanation for why they haven't bothered. I don't think we're disagreeing.