Bram Cohen, creator of BitTorrent, writes about protocols, version control, cryptography, Bitcoin, and hiring and career advice.
HN links his post 'Never Make Counter-Offers' in salary negotiation threads, where commenters present it as a different perspective on counter-offers.
Giving counter-offers is just as bad as accepting, you're right. This has been written on as well, http://bramcohen.com/2011/12/04/never-make-counter-offers
Bram Cohen had an article about this a few years ago that offers a different perspective: http://bramcohen.com/2011/12/04/never-make-counter-offers