It's a fancy clock style, the position of the dots acts like clock arms.
You can set the clock style to "empty" and put any other clock widget you like on top instead (I use Geometric Weather). It's unfortunate that it's so easy to miss.
Tl;dr: it's fediverse Disqus ๐ Nice to have!
Are you sure? I thought that what you describe is what packages suck as NikGapps did, while MicroG is a reimplementation of the code. It does call Google webservers, but it doesn't run Google's blobs (which is also why it's severely limited/fragile compared to packages that run them)
Why is this guy still working at 83?
Email blocklists are based on spam and malware.
I've never heard of an email operator refusing to send or deliver SMTP messages to/from a certain provider because too many of its users support the wrong political party.
You don't need insync - most people just automate rclone sync
commands using whatever task scheduler their system runs by default (cronjobs or systemd units, typically). For those who prefer a GUI, KDE has a Scheduled Tasks app.
On Android, you can use Round Sync which is a wrapper around rclone and can import the same configs.
I think 'better connected' refers more to feature integration rather than looks. Stuff like KDE Connect.