Yep this form of "journalism" always makes me wonder about why somebody would do this. Informing the public seems to be a secondary concern. At least that's my initial impression. Basically, this reads as clickbait aimed at some influencer circle jerk playing out across linkedin, quora, etc. where people with too much time and yet no attention span hang out to profile themselves to each others and do some ego boosting: "OMG look what I discovered and how brilliant that makes me look". I imagine somebody drooling over all the clicks they are getting and am already annoyed with myself that I'm perpetuating that bullshit by having clicked on the thing.

It looks like a minor non issue to me. But this being California, I imagine the kind of people in that before mentioned circle jerk might include lawyers, politicians, etc. that are looking to get in on the action (i.e. lawsuits, publicity, and other melodrama) that has nothing to do with the actual technical problem. The latter I imagine is a simple matter of this company getting off their ass and replacing the rusting parts in question.

In short, what's the agenda of the person that wrote this?