Conflate? The miner was self-hosting Public Pool. It doesn't get any more solo than that.

A solo miner doesn't require a pool server construct the coinbase tx for them to include it in their template. Which is exactly what ocean and Sv2 pool do. A solo miner also isnt required to connect to a pool server, like Ocean. Its a centralized client/sever relationship and all the same risks apply.

Its crazy that you two still keep up this charade.