If you were put off trying the Warp terminal app on Ubuntu (or another Linux distro) due to the account and login requirement, there's good news. The team
“We still think the best experience comes from logging in,” they add
Don’t forget the best data as well!
However, Warp says it plans to ‘tweak’ —restrict, in other words— which features are available to users who don’t log in over the coming months.
This whole thing is just screaming to me that they are in the first stages of enshitfication - make a nice product that people want to use but with enough control that they can later squeeze you for all you are worth.
NO I do NOT want to login to my termial, have things locked behind a paywall, have things I come to rely on be taken away with a future update and all my data be sold off to anyone that wants it.
Don’t forget the best data as well!
This whole thing is just screaming to me that they are in the first stages of enshitfication - make a nice product that people want to use but with enough control that they can later squeeze you for all you are worth.
NO I do NOT want to login to my termial, have things locked behind a paywall, have things I come to rely on be taken away with a future update and all my data be sold off to anyone that wants it.