I don't get it, do we keep the pitchforks out, or do we stash the pitchforks?

It may be over already. I mean, the pitchforks will change what exactly? Looks like qualcom pwns I mean owns the arduino ecosystem now. Just like a killed-by-Google meme, qualcom may soon start its own killed-by-qualcom trend.

You can keep the pitchforks out, but you sadly need to assume Arduino is dead.

Of course, if you weren't already making that assumption when Qualcomm bought them, I don't know what to tell you ...

"we collect data for your privacy" they have no idea what words or actions mean anymore.

There is no such thing as being purchased by a large company while retaining anything non-evil. If anything this is the remaining employees who were lied to their face about remaining whatever they were