All good points, Daggett, all widely known.
They also compound the incredibly vague and (seemingly) deliberately opaque nature of this “offer” of “help”, that requires sending information into a blackhole.
The OP seems frustrated that he’s not gotten much response to his appeal to Defold users. My first response was to that.
The simple solution, and a better way to communicate about something like this, is to answer my questions, be specific and transparent, and recognise some of the issues you’ve mentioned linger in the minds of many.
Nothing difficult about that.
Mistrust only arises because these things are completely absent and/or deliberately being obscured, everything is subjective. There’s no way to assess the nature of that subjectivity, nor the opportunities.