The introduction was unintentional bait for this type of response, and I don't necessarily agree with the knee-jerk negative sentiment about this person's previous employment. I think "spy" is an instigative editorialization of his responsibilities.

But, the edgy responses from Raspberry Pi aren't inspiring to this longtime customer. I've been following RPILocator this morning to source some CM4s for a project, but I'll look at alternatives after seeing their responses. "Bye bye now," indeed.

The archived post (linked at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33911670) worked for me.