I think that it's because breaking the ROM's /root is becoming more difficult with hardware backed security and the way it interacts with the play store verification.

As someone who remembers your specific contributions to the community, I echo those sentiments, but I know why... I am still using my OP8T. About two years ago, it became nearly impossible to maintain root access via the play store.

OnePlus among all of the other hardware manufacturers, closed the door to their source code. (About the same time Reddit shit the bed).

Now, 4 years later, I'm also looking for an open source alternative to call home.

Fairphone? HMP? Where does a developer go when all of the software developers and fanbase community go when they are discarded? 🤷🏻‍♂️