I write these things because transparency is kind of the point of the platform. Most people don't have the time or the interest to open up a disassemble every time they want to try a new tool, they just want to know if it fits the FOSS ethos they moved to Linux for.
Pointing out that a "privacy" tool has a closed-source brain isn't an attack on the dev, it's just a heads-up for people who care about that sort of thing.
Pointing out that a "privacy" tool has a closed-source brain isn't an attack on the dev, it's just a heads-up for people who care about that sort of thing.