Maybe the HN submission's URL should be updated to point to this article.

This is two weeks old, but a few other publications covered this:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/amazon-removing-popular...

https://www.reviewgeek.com/81928/aukey-is-in-trouble-with-am...

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/10/22428858/amazon-aukey-mpo...

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/aukey-kicked-off-amazon-follo...

Agreed. There's a story here, but the linked page contains no information about it. It doesn't even show that they are banned.