The main reason he stepped down was because of these videos from Techlore and Rossmann. They are seriously harming the project’s reputation simply because the lead developer is suffering from mental illness and needs help, despite the fact that this has no technical implications for GrapheneOS. The guy is a genius developer who has done a lot of amazing things in the privacy and security space. He created this incredible project while improving privacy and security for billions of Android users. Despite knowing that these videos would harm the project’s image and increase hatred for Daniel Micay and the project in general, Techlore and Rossmann chose to upload these videos to their whole audience. Anyone that I would choose to respect and trust wouldn’t make such videos and would base their recommendations on technical privacy and security aspects and not the communication of the lead developer, who has issues with mental health despite still being a genius developer and very trustworthy.
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