Sorry didn't see that. On a side note: I deleted the app when it asked me for my email. Good luck.

Personally I am not a huge fan of asking for an email address at the end of a installation process.

I find it disingenuous as it makes users feel as if they're being offered something "for free" only to pull a "gotcha" after I gone through a lot of steps to reach the end of the installation process.

I feel it's far more candid to place the email gathering step at the start of the process so I know "okay, these guys aren't charging money, but they do at least want an email address to use this software". From there I can base my decision on how comfortable I am with providing my email address without going through the work of downloading, installing and updating system privacy settings first.

I completely understand the need to build up a list of client email addresses and that nothing in life is free, however; I think this should be done in a more tactful way that doesn't make me feel like I am have been "cornered" into providing my contact details at the end of a lengthy installation process.

Additionally; I think it's questionable that you hide the fact that you track users behind a low-contrast drop down in the installation process, and that tracking is switched on by default. I should be able to opt out before the installation process is completed and not be required to manually opt out via an arbitrary command that is difficult to remember after the installation is complete.

Finally; @mschrage - There's no doubt that what your team has built is beautiful and really nice to use. Thank you for sharing it with this commmunity and congratulations on your launch. I wish you the best on your journey and hope you'll reconsider some of these less-than-ideal patterns in your software.

This makes sense. Thank you for the feedback! :)

Serious question: why didn't you just give a fake or temporary email address? That's what I do all the time.

They go as far as asking to validate the email with a code... That plus the fact that they do send data to their servers for some reason...

> They go as far as asking to validate the email with a code

You can receive email in temporary email inboxes :)

> That plus the fact that they do send data to their servers for some reason...

But the temporary email inbox is some random `sdsfi39324@oduhuf.fru.xy` inbox you find on the internet (not some inbox you create by your own)... so zero data about you is sent (if any).

Do you consider your email to be all that private?

In the context of an app that requests accessibility access (read: everything I do on my computer, without restriction), absolutely!

But if it has that, isn't your email address almost an afterthought? I mean, if I can keylog you, who cares about your email address?

I have a real fake email address for this. It's been compromised in a bunch of leaks, my real email address has never been. I also get way less spam in my real email.