I wish he related it to the product(s) in question, how it changed from before to after, and maybe say if there's 'good' being done with the new, more morally-neutral, product.

Reading their documentation of both projects, it's not clear how they relate to each other. It went from an app that doesn't seem like it'd need a multi-player infrastructure (some kind of CBT self-help app) to a library for multiplayer apps? It seems less like a pivot and more like a full startover.