For me, right now, I think it's conceivably a security advantage if the source isn't public. I know security by obscurity isn't a strategy alone, but with an incredibly difficult surface area to attack, I think user's using the app are very well protected, except for against nation states.

Also looking to get involved with the meshtastic project.

https://mediaden.ca - iOS app for storing encrypted photos/videos on storage I (the user) exclusively owns, with zero servers, zero telemetry, and a host of other privacy related features.

Some humans do shit things to other humans.

Some humans do not, and would object to it, or do something about it if they perceived that they could.

Also, treating the world around you negatively doesn't just harm the world around you - it damages your character and your morality.

I don't disagree that humans should on whole do better, but I disagree with everything else you said.

Unlike OP, I want to maintain these couple of projects. I am maintaining these projects. They are getting better daily, and my confidence in them is increasing, not decreasing.

edit: "This feature, spotted by iDeviceHelp, was originally revealed as part of an expansion of the company's family tools designed for children's Apple accounts."

Pretty clear, this was at least in part designed to prevent child sexual abuse.

In english lit as a high-school student, I always thought I did reasonably well on my assignments, but consistently got C's. It was very infuriating.