Yes. A lot of them also respond with threats when you try to contact them to tell them about vulnerabilities. It's not really up to the author to shoulder that

Yes. A lot of them also respond with threats when you try to contact them to tell them about vulnerabilities. It's not really up to the author to shoulder that kind of responsibility. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12309035 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12309035 is informative. For what it's worth, it changed my mind on the matter.