I'd like to think he was just trying to be respectful of the author, probably having worked quite a bit together. But he changed his mind pretty quickly when he saw the original author had totally checked out. Maybe that's a generous reading though.
Looks like one of the maintainers/contributors has already set up a fork.
https://github.com/FossifyX
Hell I see this in Windows all the time. I think tooltips are hard!
Here's one for Wear OS / Pixel Watch.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.watchfacestudio.az261jsoncodewatchface
EDIT: And a terminal one.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.watchfacestudio.awfterminal