That was exactly my thought. To be fair, I probably end up thinking that because this article is written is this trashy dumbass style, which portrays it as "Google bug reports vs. ffmpeg bug fixes", which is simply unfair: as you've said, a bug report is a contribution, not some kind of a demand. That being said, I kinda do understand if someone from ffmpeg said something snarky about that on Twitter, since surely if Google (of all things) as an organization sees it valuable to contribute by sending bug reports, it surely isn't less feasible (logistically or economically) for them to also work on a patch, than it is for random people within ffmpeg mailing list itself.