I've been on and off Mastodon since 2016 and there is always tumblr-style drama about how Eugen is a dictator for not doing <whatever> with everyone's instance.
Yeah that's what i assumed also, which is why i didn't suggest that the maintainer is actually malevolent in my parent comment.
Also, to be fair, if the European Commission is funding a large-scale surveillance program for decentralized social media, i'm glad some of that money is actually going to free-software maintainers to improve the ecosystem, and not all of it into the wrong pockets (as is usually the case).
I've been on and off Mastodon since 2016 and there is always tumblr-style drama about how Eugen is a dictator for not doing <whatever> with everyone's instance.