Based on the evidence and his history, I can't really agree. If he was self-serving, why would be fighting for right to repair, why would be host a repair wiki, fund open-source projects and provide grants to open and repair orgs and projects (ie. https://futo.org/grants/legendary-grants/)? If he didn't care about software freedom, why would he announce, fund and release open source projects (ie. https://futo.org/)? I'm just not seeing it.
You should absolutely do your own thing though, sure!