Oh, not at all. I've been thinking this through for some time. I don't regret it. It's rather the case that I don't think much good discussion ever comes out of

Oh, not at all. I've been thinking this through for some time. I don't regret it. It's rather the case that I don't think much good discussion ever comes out of Hacker News specifically, and tend to avoid it like the plague. Your comment, sadly, is somewhat reminiscent of the kind of logic that makes me dislike this message board: binary, accusatory, and somehow allergic to considering the possibility of a limited perspective on the matter (beyond seeing it plastered on a highly ephemeral front page for "hot hacker startup news.") It's going to grab some attention, folks in the field will understand why I made my decision, and hopefully I'll then be able to move on. I don't aim for anything more, or less. It was a statement I had to make, the resulting reaction was inevitable, and I hope it's not louder than it has to be. Both myself and the folks at Peerio have lives to move on with. I stayed silent for eight months, but it was painful, because I felt like I had empowered (and largely built) a company that now had ulterior motives and was open to blackmailing its own. The sad thing is, I can't issue an alarm bell without there being some wave of confusion and misinterpretation across the community, and I just wish I could do the former without being inundated with the latter. (I will not be replying to further comments.)