I know right! Imagine if all API nodes do the same, and we know there are only a handful of these. What lies ahead is scary if you see what I'm seeing. You might say you can run your own instance, sure. But it's not easy and that's not how you attract civilians to get on board, and could only lead to another layer of censorship deep down there. This is a legitimate talking point for anyone wanting to find faults in the fabric of Hive design, and system engineers need to come together and talk about it
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That would be a fault in the existence of software, not Hive design. If you want to modify the software and run it, then it can do other things. This is true even in Bitcoin
If you are broadcasting to another node, you are trusting someone. This is why you find many blockchain purists that will only interact with their own node. It is the only way to guarantee trustlessness
There is really nothing to talk about. All cryptocurrencies, not just Hive, is subject to the same exact situation. A node operator in all cryptocurrencies can easily mess with the data they're relaying and it would be up to the scripts or the person to figure out if it's right or not.
All users can decide on which node they'd like to use, for whatever reason. Be it speed (low latency, better hardware etc. overall faster experience) or trust (they are certain that the node operator is not doing funky stuff in the background to their data)