There’s foss apps for weather that don’t collect all that data, if you’re using Android it’s usually a good idea to first check f-droid for utilities like that as it’s likely someone else already built it, and it’s usually still receiving fixes and updates (the page shows you that kind of information).

Hopefully not, if we take this at face value it’s about setting up the bureaucracy for dealing with issues related to using Rust in production, I haven’t been in the industry that long to know whether we should be alarmed but it doesn’t seem to be a move away from foss at least. The thing that worries me is that it may not just stop here.

I feel you, but most of us don’t work for silicon valley, in most countries the salaries are average to slightly above average, and being fired or forced to work with tools you don’t want sucks, which is also a workers issue