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mrecheese 🧀 | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I'm pretty sure everything that bothers you is optional and configurable. By all means, follow your path, but you might be missing out.
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Matt Warren | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It literally wasn't configurable nor optional (aside from just not using it, which is my point).

This isn't my path. I'm not the one who snuck it into app without user consent. I've made it very clear that I miss Amethyst. I just don't trust the developers until they acknowledge the issue and commit to not doing it again. I would absolutely use it again. Not getting the issue is the problem.

And if you don't see the issue with saving what people type (even when they chose not to share it) without their knowledge or consent, then you are missing out on ethics.

Adding in configuration options after the fact doesn't address the root issue, which is the nonchalant attitude toward user privacy and choice.
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mrecheese 🧀 | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 This thing about "trust" and "snuck it into" is unfair and emotionally-charged. I can't present any logical path toward a solution for that. Just know that I run the same setup, with the same concerns, and made it work safe and smooth.

This is also at least the second time you've publicly rage-quit #Amethyst, so I'm going to disengage now and let you throw the baby out with the bathwater.