Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
No.
Just like “they” were free to harvest personal data unless the user was able to block it, I’m going to freely watch YouTube unless they’re able to block me. Of course I’m going to feel bad if they manage to block me and that’s going to incentivize me to find a different way of accessing YouTube until there’s no paths left and then I’ll simply stop using the platform.
He’s not listed on the team-section of the raspberry website, but he shows up as the resident maker in blog posts as late as Feb. 2024.
So for security reasons I’ll just assume he’s still there.
Fun fact, Raspberry Pi OS sends (or at least used to - I can’t imagine they’ve toned it down) a unique ID to Raspberry Pi foundation that identifies your hardware.