[bigiain]

The article says in its intro

“ but with the release of the PS5 and the introduction of PlayStation's bug bounty program, I was motivated to attempt some kind of exploit chain that would work on the PS5.”

Money is a perfectly reasonable reason to jump through the “responsible disclosure“ hoops. If you want to do work like this for purely altruistic reasons, go ahead, I’ll cheer you all the way. If someone else does it for money or reputation instead, I’ll still read their fascinating write up of it.

[EMIRELADERO]

I had missed the bug bounty part! That's on me :)

Money is definitely a valid motivator.