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Plus... That GDPR thing across the pond.. we (on this side of the pond) don't appreciate this behaviour. Ask us politely to tick a (previously unchecked checkbox).

I started out thinking "whoah that should be a great company to work with/at" and then the marketing thingie happened...

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Especially bad considering that the company is located in an EU member country. (Estonia)

All fixed. Thanks for the feedback guys. We're a tech company, not so much a marketing company, so we probably don't really know what we're doing here :-)

If you are a tech company you should know that require an email adress for a download link is a bad design. Because only marketing people do that... Please don't try to hide the fact that you DID want to harvest valuable email adress from HN. It's too late.

As stated in a sibling, it was our genuine intention to send out updates for those who want to get it. I agree it wasn't implemented in the best way and I should have reviewed the landing page, but it certainly wasn't because of ulterior motive.

Please don't pile on. If someone makes a mistake, it's enough that they fix it.

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