It's Eric Lawrence and while I don't think he's off base, the disclaimer literally says he used to work on Chrome, so I don't think he is speaking as a competitor here.
Also, in my (admittedly, n=1) experience, Sync was enabled automatically, perhaps because I had tried it at some point.
Good point. At the moment it's mostly software focused, but the technical aspect is definitely not the hardest part of getting something like this started in a community, and a major goal of our project is to share our experience and help with the content and community building side. Thanks for the feedback, it's really helpful.
We are a nonprofit, and this project is and will continue to be open-source. It has been a labor of love for many years, working on it in our spare time and paying for it out of our own pockets or through donations, but now thanks to the grant it's our job too, for the time being.
Also, in my (admittedly, n=1) experience, Sync was enabled automatically, perhaps because I had tried it at some point.