Just as a preamble, I listen to his podcast and have for years, so I'm probably biased to some degree. I agree with your first points around SQRL, it's an inte

Just as a preamble, I listen to his podcast and have for years, so I'm probably biased to some degree. I agree with your first points around SQRL, it's an interesting concept but in the long run the industry has solved the problem eventually and possibly better. Also keeping one sqrl identity is a slog to say the least. On the latter point, I feel like it's a mixed bag, SpinRite honestly works (and yes I've tried other tools), if you haven't been in the unlucky spot of a dead drive then I understand how SpinRite can seem a little snake oil like. Having said that there is a big "not invented here/me syndrome" and I do wish he would participate in the open source community as a whole more, it might make him more aware of what is happening within the software community more.