Idk the pr author did merge it into main and talked about writing a blog post. To me that sounds like the author felt it was ready for public critique and feedback, especially for software with a fair bit of users
I agree. All the annoying animations and hyperbole in the article notwithstanding, it does not seem as malicious as the article tries to portray it. It is rather disappointing that there are barriers to some of these investments but I think without these barriers you would open the gates for all sorts of malicious actors taking advantage of unsophisticated investors.