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That's not completely a contrary anecdote: I agree the core functionality is awesome. The only difference between our opinions is that the cruft and privacy concerns are not a dealbreaker for you.

Now you can save and share combo from the web app :)

Any chance of linking the web-app and the iOS app accounts?

I'll add to my other comment that I've only looked at the web interface, not the smartphone interface.