That attitude is exactly it though. If you produce tools mostly used by scammers, are promoted almost exclusively by scammers, and the community's answer is was

That attitude is exactly it though. If you produce tools mostly used by scammers, are promoted almost exclusively by scammers, and the community's answer is washing its hands of any responsibility with 'scammers gonna scam' that's just not impressive. That's a strong case for anyone outside the community treating it as bad faith actors.