[gbalduzzi]

> So why would anyone ever take a bounty instead of selling on the black market? Risk!

I like to believe there are also ethics involved in most cases

[idiotsecant]

Systems that rely on ethical behaviour to function generally dont last long

[gbalduzzi]

That is why I said "also", it should not be the only factor.

The conversation was moving between two possibilities only: either collect bug bounties or sell on the black market. I believe most (again: most, not all) security researchers collecting bug bounties right now would not start selling on the black market in case bounties disappeared. They would change their focus to something else to sustain themselves