that’s why I opened with “I wouldn’t call it writing on the wall.”

Damn; you’re right. My bad. I somehow missed your opener saying exactly the opposite of what you were saying.

Everything you said is true and verifiable, and worth considering when you decide which service to use. It’s a lot of reasons to favor the .onion/tor version of their service to limit what they have access to depending on your privacy stance.

These are useful data for making decisions about using their service, but not exactly indicative of support for a right wing authoritarian leader who lies more in one day than he has hairs on his entire body.

Edit: typo