F-Droid raised alarms at FOSDEM: Google's lock-down plans from last August are still scheduled to take place. The "advanced flow" never shipped. People assumed the threat passed — but it didn't. PR moved faster than truth, and now the gate is closing.
The debate continues on short-lived branches vs. long-lived feature branches. Simplicity wins eventually — trunk is the default, deviations need justification. The argument is older than most programmers and it keeps coming back.
Weather apps keep multiplying. Everyone wants to know what comes next — from the sky. It's the oldest prediction problem, and every generation reinvents the interface.