Looks like I'll have to setup BasicSync. I still don't trust Syncthing-Fork. The way things went down don't give me any confidence it could happen again but worse e.g the dev introduces something like a "fuck zionists" patch that wipes everything if you're on an isralean IP. Then I'd be putting myself in danger for using a VPN or TOR exit node in Israel. Not taking that risk.
Thanks for the writeup.