[samstave]

I am actually really interested in knowing if his departure is in any way fueled by the recent changes in privacy policies that had some backlash from users.

I, for example, deleted my account when I decided I was not trusting of their handling of my data. I refused to continue to participate and quit.

I would be really interested if these canges fed this leaving in any way.

[ryanglasgow]

Since it said he was leading the Android app development (which was released a few weeks ago), I doubt he was involved in the privacy policy changes.

[gojomo]

He's one of two founders in a company with under 50 employees; he wouldn't be nose-down on a single project unless there'd already been some devolution of roles.

[ryanglasgow]

It's certainly signals that. The Android app is more or less a port of the iOS app and isn't a project you'd expect a founder to be heavily involved with.

[gojomo]

If that was his only project, yes. But I've not seen evidence of that; I was suggesting that even if he'd stewarded that Android app project he'd also still, as a founder, be weighing in on things like the "who viewed this" feature and policy.

[jonknee]

You don't need to be involved to be against something.