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Matt Warren | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Amethyst.

Because I don't trust the developers/updates anymore.*

*I posted a note about this recently if anyone cares why I lost trust.
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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.
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Derek Ross | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Hey Matt. I read your issue. I think it's now a moot point because you can choose your draft relay. For example, I choose my local relay. But more importantly, it doesn't matter to me where my drafts go, because they're all encrypted. I prefer them to go local, but because of privacy of encrypted text, because I use it as an offline composer. But thankfully we choices, right? If you don't like how drafts work, you can use an app that doesn't even have drafts on mobile, such as Primal.
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Matt Warren | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I think a lot of people miss my actual point. I left it in detail on the GitHub issue if you care. My issue is that they snuck it in BEFORE I had a choice and didn't tell me it was happening. I lost trust for the developers. Yes, I can go use a different app but I was committed to that app and team. I supported them. I also included suggestions for how to change the culture and update model such that users aren't violated by "features." I have no issue with drafts. I have an issue with saving them and broadcasting them without user knowledge and consent. Yes, the technical issue was LATER addressed, but the misalignment in ethics is what bothers me. They shouldn't have implemented it in that way and not seeing an issue and publicly committing to not doing it again is what bothers me. I love Amethyst otherwise and wish I could trust them again.

So no, I don't think my point is moot and the fact that others do saddens me. It's an ethics problem, not a technical one.