Just don’t use flatpaks. Let your distribution handle updates like it is supposed to do.

I would contradict you. The internet is not overreacting, Mozilla and parts of its community try to downplay the issue at hand.

Kudos to Niccolò for openly speaking about his mistake of incorrectly stating his video was not sponsored. However I think he made a second mistake which is more serve. As a content creator he must pay more attention to what companies he’s accepting sponsorship from. Given the track record of malibal, this should have been a red flag in the first place.