Seems like a pretty standard privacy policy, almost identical to Sync, Relay, etc. Of course not everyone wants that, but I don't see how it's "really unsettling"

GIFs need to die. We have better formats now. 11 MB for a shit post is too much.

Webpages have ample whitespace and "boring" styling for accessibility and readability. Nonconformity for the sake of nonconformity is really stupid.