On one hand I really like that project and what they do, but on the other hand I hate how it's managed.

I was very excited about it over ten years ago and wanted to join the network. They are very weird about not releasing the designs and code, and instead want you to get it from them. Fair enough, but then they don't produce and ship units. I signed up for a waiting list like 10 years ago, with many others. They kept promising a new design, but never delivered it, and didn't let anyone else do so. I never heard back from them about the waiting list.

They are also restrictive about access to the data if you are not in the network, with reasons like it's too expensive. That might have been true 10-15 years ago, but today it's just silly.

It's a shame, I think there is lot of potential to make a better community and more usable free apps around this data. But you would have to start a new network from scratch because these people are not interested in that.