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That's actually what I think of as how the open source works. It's not that millions of people are working for you to have things all the time. It's just that instead of making something and letting it be lost in some hard drive they share it. If something has enough interest, use value, and passion from the creator then the work will continue.
Some programs with heavy industry use, or a passionate user base will be successful, but even the niche small programs are there so if someone wants to continue the work they can.
Vs the same little programs from companies that are not open source will be just lost, you can't get the source and continue even if you want to. Even they will discard the source, or the guy that worked on it will be gone and noone knows anything.
So appreciate open source, even if it doesn't work for all the cases, it is better because it can continue, the effort isn't lost. Open source licenses don't promise future maintenance, they are just available as they are
With F-Droid apps - as long as they are privacy-friendly and completely localized, they are way safer than if social media app that handles credentials and always calls home becomes unmaintaned for like a week. They just don't take risks usual apps do and don't ask every permission on Earth. So, by design, even less maintained ones serving just one function and not using too much external libs are kinda ok. The danger arise proportionally to their web usage, and these apps usually see more frequent updates and traction.