Your position doesn’t sit well with me because it ignores Daniel’s failures and enables his destructive behaviour. He had issues with Rust, there was the CopperheadOS implosion, and now another drama around GrapheneOS… too many “misinterpretations”. And if you keep finding yourself in dramas, then you’re either very unlucky or part of the problem.

Daniel seems to be very smart and capable when it comes to coding. He’s the person you want to create something like GrapheneOS. But the guy lacks “people skills”. He’s too confrontational and doesn’t always take criticism well. Then there’s the destructive and toxic behaviour… he lets some random internet comment take too much of his time and attention instead of ignoring and moving on. The “us vs them” mentality also creates a toxic environment. No person and no project is always right, but if you say the wrong thing or even make a positive comment about a different project, you’re automatically part of the “conspiracy”. This is not good and shouldn’t be encouraged.

Yes, clickbaiting YouTubers are a problem. Yes, Daniel Micay also seems to be a victim in this case. But some of the leaked communications look bad no matter if they are misrepresented or not. I don’t agree with everything Louis Rossmann says, but Daniel’s “you’re with me or against me” position is obviously bad and I don’t understand why would anyone defend that… GrapheneOS is not a cult!

Being good at one thing doesn’t makes us good at everything. Daniel is good at coding and dealing the technical things, so he should do that. He’s not good at dealing with people or being exposed to unfiltered feedback. He should be working behind the scenes, not doing PR work for GrapheneOS. His mental sanity, the project, and the community would benefit a lot if he had a better understanding of his limitations.

[Edit:] Just to add, I think GrapheneOS is indeed amazing. Daniel’s behaviour is not good though.