[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.