It doesn't aim to make enhancements beyond privacy/security specific ones. In that sense it's more likely to give you issues with certain apps because of things like sandboxed Play services and apps not having access to the device identifier.

That said, I use it and if you're OK with giving up certain things like Google Pay, then I recommend it.

These people have very short sentences that might already be served. The pardon is more about lending credibility to what they did in the first place. I am 1000% in favor of prison reform, but this isn't that.

I view it more as capitalism run amok.

I'm glad his perspective has changed, but no one deserves them.