No, GGP is saying that we (users) have no right to complain about a FOSS developer abandoning their project since we don't compensate them for it.
GP is saying yeah, that's great and all, but other people try to push everyone to switch to Wayland because <reasons>. The Wayland ecosystem simply isn't there yet though; they're hawking a broken solution.
It's perfectly fine for a FOSS developer to walk away from any given project. When third parties come along and frame things as though the only option is to switch to a broken "solution" it derails the discussion. We (ie the community at large) should be having much broader discussions about both how to keep maintenance going as well as what's needed to actually make the replacement viable (so we can maybe switch to it later).
Approximately: IP addresses are allocated to a network operator by the IANA via an ASN. Most large streaming services block non-residential ASNs at this point. Sometimes they miss one here and there. Your best bet is with smaller providers that operate using a less recognizable ASN. At this point even many non-streaming services block traffic from EC2, Azure, and other cloud providers just to cut down on bots.
* You only need two VPNs assuming you just want to protect against either of them linking your browsing history back to your identity and selling that information.
* The second one must be paid for in a reasonably anonymous manner (ex Bitcoin) and only ever accessed via the first VPN in the chain.
* You're fine to pay the first one in a more traditional manner.
* The two providers must be completely unrelated.
* It is highly preferable that the two providers be in different legal jurisdictions (both from each other and yourself).
* This won't protect against a highly motivated criminal investigation.
Possibly controversial view, but I think that these differences are largely socioeconomic in nature. The US justice system does not treat poor people kindly, regardless of their skin color or ethnicity. "Justice for all who can afford it" and whatnot.
(Of course there's also the odd case of a racist judge, but my impression is that it's by far the exception.)
Edit: The paper you linked does raise some very interesting questions about the motivations behind various government policies, however.
GP is saying yeah, that's great and all, but other people try to push everyone to switch to Wayland because <reasons>. The Wayland ecosystem simply isn't there yet though; they're hawking a broken solution.
It's perfectly fine for a FOSS developer to walk away from any given project. When third parties come along and frame things as though the only option is to switch to a broken "solution" it derails the discussion. We (ie the community at large) should be having much broader discussions about both how to keep maintenance going as well as what's needed to actually make the replacement viable (so we can maybe switch to it later).