> I've never liked these rent-seeking bugbounty platforms which are inserting themselves as middle-men and mediators, but then take away the real value that com

> I've never liked these rent-seeking bugbounty platforms which are inserting themselves as middle-men and mediators, but then take away the real value that comes from building direct client relationships. They can add value for companies that don't have a reputation and want to have their security problems discovered. But they have to follow through on behalf of researchers and threaten to remove companies that don't pay bounties and/or don't investigate and remediate issues.