From the website: “I will not accept donations or sponsorships of any kind.”

From Github: “If you ever want to contribute something, think about the people working hard to maintain the filter lists you are using, which are available to use by all for free.”

He took care of his friends last time. I’m assuming he will continue doing it this time as well.

Because Apple and Meta are friends of him

It depends entirely on how you both communicate. I haven’t said it to my sister either and didn’t realise before reading your post. It’s all fine as long as you have a good relationship.

Tesla has always had problems with quality. In an attempt to increase profit and decrease production time Tesla has sacrificed quality control.

Many customers feel the need to do it themselves. So many do this that there are even people making money of it.

Tesla has always been like this. That’s why they have mostly been cheap compared to competition.