F-Droid publish their own builds; part of their mission is to independently build and package the upstream from source to avoid risk of the upstream doing anything unpleasant.
Got it, thanks for the info. I donated 100 dollars via https://f-droid.org/en/donate/ in the hope it helps them. Thank you and everyone working on Element and Matrix as well!
Lack of resources, plain and simple. The f-droid folks are operating on a shoestring budget last time I checked, which is shocking for a project of such significance.
