He is meeting the required standards... by not having an EU users.
In doing that he's as equally compliant as any company who has jumped through the various GDPR hoops.
In doing that he's as equally compliant as any company who has jumped through the various GDPR hoops.
And maybe one day the USA will pass some privacy legislation...
So all he's done is save himself the time and effort of dealing with the GDPR and cost himself nothing.
And yes, he has saved himself the time and the effort of dealing with the GDPR, has also managed to position himself as someone who pays lipservice to privacy but who does not care to actually be compliant with privacy legislation when it matters. I wouldn't want my data in his hands after that anyway (not that that would ever happen because I don't have a smartphone in the first place).
I'm sure another free and open source product will seriously impact his profit.