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Nah I don't think that's what I did. As another commenter said maybe that's how it came out (sorry), but not the intention.

> Take a step back and ask why - intention and tone are two different things, and if you get the latter wrong then we will misunderstand the former.

Good point, OK.

> you know better than them what they’ve done wrong

Hardly, since I just agreed with what they said. I suggested what IMHO is a good way to make up for it. Nothing else.

> that you have to tell them

Sure, I have to. I think everyone should say something in cases like this.

I am not assuming anything. I made a suggestion, nothing else. They're free to do nothing if they feel like they already did enough. You're assuming I'm assuming <...>, which goes against the HN rule to assume best intentions.

I don't see anything patronizing or showing superiority in what I wrote. I am saying this as a peer, not as a superior.

It's kinda weird to expect people not to make mistakes such as this if nobody tells them it's wrong. And it's normal for people to tell other people they do bad stuff if they do.

My free funds are currently 100% dedicated to helping Ukraine and will be until Russia falls back to 1991 borders.

Nah, I'm really not the kind of person that says nothing to this.

Was I supposed to say "great job" to this? Lol.

If an app is popular only with terrorists and child rapists, it's a weird choice for a business.

Of course... If you send someone unencrypted data, they can read it. Companies at least have to follow some laws regarding the data - don't expect that with private instances (not controlled by you).

Eh... Was it really that hard to guess what they're gonna do with it? How long ago was that? It's not like their abuse of [foreign] workers is anything new.

What kind of company gets an app popular with drug dealers for their internal communication?

In the US there are also authorities making sure (especially medical) machines are in good order. Perhaps the investors trusted the authorities?