Context: Admiral Patrick replied and included this gem:
And might I add that not one person complained until db0 went internet Karen with his hissy fit because I took his toy away from him.
“Not one person complained about my explicitly obfuscated blacklists! Damn internet Karens making a big deal!”
You can still decompile things in closed source, which is what basically had to be done to identify this was happening.
Its about as scummy and antithetical to fediverse culture as could possibly be.
It’s harder to look in to it though, especially with obfuscation techniques and you need asm knowledge