It's not about a middle ground, their idea of security is wrong.

They largely ignore any threat that could come from US agencies, and are very presumptuous about some of their convictions (e.g. that open source is irrelevant for security).

There is a balance to be made, given that there often isn't any ideal option, but they often get that balance assessment wrong, in my opinion.

I appreciate exposing the security weaknesses of other products, but they end up adding threats that they don't have with some of their drastic views.