Times change. Maybe there wasn't quite the incentive/appeal years ago. And this is Hacker News. I understand "hacker" in this case is not exactly the same thing

Times change. Maybe there wasn't quite the incentive/appeal years ago. And this is Hacker News. I understand "hacker" in this case is not exactly the same thing as a malware writer. But if I were to bet on a TV ad years ago vs. an article posted here today (along with others on the topic in the recent past) my money would not be on the TV ad.