@pixelfork privacy, analytics, ads, pro subscriptions. I don't see anything to back up these claims (and I do follow the pixelfed feeds and the dev).
I know about federation not being ready yet, but there were features that had to be finished as dependency before.
Please take this as an observation from outside: In its current form, this blog post reads like a smear campaign, just because someone does not agree with the priorities of someone else.