The good news is that the Setapp version of Bartender is still on 5.0.48.
But it's probably a good idea to remove its Screenrecording permissions and block it with Little Snitch until there's more clarity around the situation.
I switched to Vanilla. It’s not as feature full, but it hits the basics.
What a sleazy situation. I’m sorry, I hold the original dev accountable here. He did a huge disservice to his customers.