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> I would not assume that a woman would trust a dude telling her that "he's on the pill". I can't see a woman giving up control of pregnancies to a man she only just meet.

Well, neither i would trust the woman i just met telling me that 'she is on the pill'. It is better if both sides have independent way to avoid unwanted parenthood.

> Then there's also the lack of protection against STDs, which would still make a condom the preferred solution.

Which is unreliable as the only birth control. People depending on condom often rush for levonorgestrel after condom failure. So IMHO a preferred solution is both sides on pills and condom just for STD protection.

It's good protection for men from female birth control failure, condom failure, and so on. I don't think the intention is that now that men have birth control, women would stop using theirs, but that men could feel secure that they have the same kind of reproductive control that women have.

These are the EXACT same arguments that for the female pill.

Not to say its bad but its true

The female pill is 93% effective (as used). A male pill will still help prevent unwanted pregnancy