[standapart]

Requirements aren't the only way to steer someone to a product. Google pays Apple billions to be the default search engine on iOS.

Nor does the lack of a requirement indemnify someone from responsibility.

[standapart]

When the smoke has cleared, it would be interesting to quantify whether this event affected a (statically significant) higher percentage of YC offspring than other incubator offspring.

Could be a selling point for alternative incubators in the future.

Perhaps being a part of YC puts you at greater risk from these events. Draw your own conclusion about the reason why.

[muzz]

The comments from head of YC alone might be that selling point

If bank regulators move swiftly and ensure orderly withdrawals, his comments will go down in history as crying wolf, and that's putting it lightly

[trogdor]

I think they are a bad look regardless.