[silisili]

Did you listen to the call?

A) it wasn't Huffman

B) the dev absolutely was trying to get money out of them. You can't make a demand, then say 'uh, im kinda kidding' repeatedly. If someone held a gun to your head and asked for your wallet multiple times, each time saying they were kinda joking, what would you do?

That said, Huffman et al absolutely shouldn't have aired dirty laundry.

[didntcheck]

I did listen to it. The dev was calling the Reddit rep's bluff, effectively saying "if Apollo is really costing you so much money, why not just buy it for $cost/2?". He wasn't asking for personal hush money. He clarified this on the call and the rep understood and apologised for misunderstanding. Then Huffman went and publicly claimed the misunderstood version of events

[silisili]

I do agree that it -wasn't- a direct threat per se, maybe a more implicit one? Or maybe I'm reading too much into it.

It sounded to me a lot like 'well, if I'm costing you money, give me money and I'll stop costing you money.'

Quotes my interpretation, not direct quotes.

[evandale]

The dev was obviously joking. What part of the recording suggests he wasn't? Exact timestamp please because I want to go back and listen to the context around it on my own rather than relying on your self selected soundbites/quotes.

[silisili]

It's a pretty short call, please do! But try to keep an open mind and not take mine or his word for it - it's all out there.

[evandale]

There's been a miscommunication. I want you to provide the timestamp that makes you think the Apollo dev was serious.

I've listened to the recording and it's obvious he was joking every time he asked for the $10 million. I want to know why you think otherwise and am asking for the exact timestamp where you believe his threat could be interpreted as serious. I honestly have no idea which part of the recording could be interpreted as a serious threat and I don't believe such a timestamp exists, hence my inability to find it.