>so their project is kind of doomed.

Agreed. Can't see this being very difficult to duplicate for a skill say Windows dev. As they say in finance circles...it's got no moat to keep competitors at bay.

[Rumour time]

I've seen (unsubstantiated) rumours on the interwebs that people are seeing different blue light results between flux and (windows) built in when measured with hardware meters. Seems unlikely to me, but thought I'd throw it out there.