Basic open-source Android apps have felt outdated for years, and the GrapheneOS team is finally stepping in to fix the problem. The developers are shifting resources to completely replace clunky default software with modern tools built from the ground up.
Seeming how the developers respond to things, I feel like they would easily start a flame war with someone.
But you sometimes need to have crazy opinionated people to run a project, that way you know their goals won’t change and they aren’t going to sell out easily.