It's hard to overemphasize how weird the gamer threat model is compared to the average HN user's threat model. Another example: Peer to peer chat is considere

It's hard to overemphasize how weird the gamer threat model is compared to the average HN user's threat model. Another example: Peer to peer chat is considered less secure than something mediated by a server regardless of other features, because the threat model is "my opponent finds my IP and DDOSes me" rather than "the chat provider does something like publish my messages".