I think people didn't understand the article but nothing it says can be considered FUD. The article is saying a privacy-focused decentralized software is using

I think people didn't understand the article but nothing it says can be considered FUD. The article is saying a privacy-focused decentralized software is using a central server even when you self-host the software and is collecting data and metadata from users. If you read the paper it cites as reference and analyze the code yourself, you can found that theses information are accurate. The author are rambling about a hyped privacy-focused decentralized chat app that are collecting user data and sending to a central server and the app is, in fact, collecting user data and sending to a central server, so what's the point to call the article FUD? The fact that many users here called the article FUD without even check the references (you can find others on internet) makes the author's point about the peril of well funded, well marketed, super hyped projects.