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Why is there a required account login in the software?

I'm so sick of this crap where I want to see if something is worth a damn and I'm forced to sign up for something. This is not FREE.

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Co-Founder of CopyCat here - its free right now because we have no idea what people are going to use for this. Its so general purpose, so the login is to understand what people are prompting. We do not know anything that's happening on the browser, only what is happening in copycat. Helps us find bugs and release faster and possibly reach out to our users as well!

also once you sign up for an account, it won't launch if blocked in little snitch. I'm not going to be the product.

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