[20wenty]

The damage is done. You can't overthrow the king (whether you pledge fealty to iTerm2, PowerShell/WSL, Putty, Hyper ... ) if you have to sign up to get past the castle gates. And in the two years it took to remove the signup, the townsfolk have realized their kings are good enough for what they want to do anyway.

[magic_smoke_ee]

Yeap.

Deal breaker: I do not like normalizing the deviancy of sending shell input to a third party. F opt-out telemetry and a "trust us" privacy policy. They're pressured to deliver maximum profits in a short time, and having to use the internet to use your shell and paying for the privilege of handing over private work is absolutely absurd. It could all, and will likely, as most startups go, shutdown at some point in the future and then users will likely be left with nothing. It's a signal there's too much VC money available.

Fundamental error: It's an attempt to innovate in a crowded category inappropriately, like trying to make a physical proxy "phone" or security device that could've been an app, it's too tied to an app. It could've been reduced to a multi-shell, shell-oriented hook that would've been inherently multi-platform without the need for yet another desktop app and would've been portable to other environments without the effort or expense.

[jvanderbot]

Nothing to add, just wanted to say I really applaud your dedication to that analogy in this comment.

[20wenty]

I had more about a drawbridge but it was really too much :)