All the spam this generates probably sucks for 404 Media, but the underlying problem is that ChatGPT is right. If you have any kind of problem with these overgrown, understaffed companies, your only chance is to get media attention.

Apple famously put "if you run to the press and trash us, it never helps" into their App Store Guidelines for developers, but the only reason they did have to do that is because it's a lie. Running to the press is the only thing that helps, which is why people do it.

Hacker News has also served as the ticketing system for more than one angry blogger who needed to get attention from the right engineers

"Better not hear any complaining from you, be a shame if something were to happen to your app submission…"