2a can be swapped out for a better PKI system at any time. Relying on whether it's public knowledge that Meteor is compromised or not is not nearly as resilient.
They're announcing "hey we have these new features" and I'm saying "hey look, they still haven't fixed this big glaring problem that is very much relevant to how their software is used".
> I would say that your description of "friends" is fine, but your description of "allies" misses elements of the usual definition; while alliances may be tactical, they involve more than just sharing a common goal at arms lengths, they involve the decision to work together to achieve the common goal. You seem, in this description, to reduce allies to mere "people who share a goal, perhaps at arm's length".
If someone is going to go through the trouble to cooperate with someone enough to care what happens to them, then why wouldn't they try to be their friend instead of just an ally?
> If that's all the commonality you have with someone, you aren't an ally at all, and there message directed at those who would be their allies about how to be a better ally isn't directed at you.
Fair enough. I don't want to wear that label anyway.