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The tool seems very nice and I totally get the problem. I tried finding a reliable and feature complete screen capture tool for so long now. But it's kind kind of frustrating that you need to login to use it. Especially when there is no need (unless you want to use the cloud features). Why does it need log in?

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Thank you for giving it a try! This project quickly went from internal tool to launch-ready. We prioritized getting something live ASAP to help teams going suddenly remote. And the simplest path was tying everything to a login. Feedback noted though and we're considering ways to decouple this going forward.

Glad to hear that, hope it crosses my radar again.

If a product requires online credentials to use it, but the use-case doesn't demand them, I delete it.

It's nothing personal, there's just not a bright line from "take a screenshot, mark it up, make a video etc." to "login to some site", so off it goes.

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