but the vast majority of end users are more neutral on the subject.

Not in the last 9 months or so. Even if people ignored everything else, data centers have been awful PR since that is only adding to the affordability crisis on people's energy bills. AI sentiment in the West has completely turned around in the last 2 years.

As an indie dev at the scale of "not even getting 100 dollar paychecks" , your audience for the few few dozen reviews (the most important) are more likely to be these niches who are looking to try smaller stuff. And who's more sensitive to slop than the mainstream. You gotta be careful with your PR, especially in your writing and art.