There's an appearance of conflict of interest, and you are not the only one to make this accusation. But this is a red herring.
It was also brought up on the related Reddit thread. Someone surmised this might be "motivated by the direct competition."
To which rszrama (Ryan Szarma) said "As a co-founder of Platform.sh, I know with absolute certainty this is not the case."
Assuming Ryan knows more than both of us, and he would be in a position to gain from making such a claim -- it's important to note he emphatically said NO.
https://www.reddit.com/r/drupal/comments/60y9mq/larry_garfie...