I think this is a reasonable perspective. Perhaps part of the paranoia (beyond FOSS kids' usual neuroses) was the Amazon search debacle, and thus this fits a pr

I think this is a reasonable perspective. Perhaps part of the paranoia (beyond FOSS kids' usual neuroses) was the Amazon search debacle, and thus this fits a pre-existing narrative about Canonical being a scummy corporation or whatever. If the events were reversed--or rather, the Amazon search never happened--the extreme fringe of FOSS users would be more easier to ignore.