Yes, this is wrong, both in your timeline and description of the events. I said in my previous comments that the Apple bounty program didn't exist when I began (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28471263) so I was forced to consider other buyers in order to get income as a researcher. I never claimed to entertain any black market buyers, nor would I. Zerodium isn't the black market, they sell to government buyers. Government buyers may be concerned with the manner of which their sources collect said zerodays. The black market is Crowdfense, Israeli/Chinese government, et al.