KibbeWater
Vuln was first mentioned in the community server on the 10th of July at 22:21 GMT+2 Rabbit then right on cue, on the 11th of July at 22:00 GMT+2 release the new OTA and patch notes, quickly followed by their security announcement 31 minutes later.
OP was the one who found the existence of these logs which were overlooked at first, until community members realized the contents of these logs and inability to remove them could be harmful
AFAIK the OP did not start writing his article until after they resolved it, which they did within 24 hours.
quoting the blogpost now, "firstly because I hadn't fully thought through the impacts at the time" The issue was overlooked by OP up until concerns were voiced by other community members which ultimately got the problem patched within 24h of it being noticed.
You claim "the amount of negative spin in the article left a bad taste in my mouth.", but you seem to be the only one spinning quotes out of context to fit your narrative
Requesting comments were only a formality to address already voiced concerns