To be honest, I don’t fault the developer too much for selling out. Offers tend to be very generous and potentially life changing. There was no indication that

To be honest, I don’t fault the developer too much for selling out. Offers tend to be very generous and potentially life changing. There was no indication that the acquisition was for malicious means despite being highly suspicious. I’ve been offered money for control over my PyPi account which I rejected only because I got an Apple security bounty shortly before which funded part of my university costs. I still slightly regret not selling out as it would’ve made my quality of life so much better. E.g. No worrying about the price of food etc. I do feel bad for the original developer though (it seems the maintainer that sold it is not the original author) who now has their reputation tarnished.