Fuck me, the "rhetorical" question in the lede is answered in the article, buried in the fifteenth paragraph.
The policy proposal falls under the Greens' so-called 'Robin Hood reforms' and they have said they will pay for the plan by "taxing big corporations that are profiting off price gouging during a cost of living crisis".
This is borderline disinformation by sbs
Not quite, they are and will continue to be the same app and code base with distinct branding.
The rebranding in F-droid recently was a mistake that has been fixed.