This update is from five years ago. It's laudable and good that this is how they treat requests for things to be on background but it is also not new in the slightest.
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...encryption coming in a later update
It was handed down by public announcement with zero discussion or warning.
If my boss pulled nonsense like that I would consider quitting too.
In the following weeks 1/3 of their employees left as a direct result of this.
I lived in Chicago at the time and other companies scooped those jumping ship up really quick. https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/4/22419512/basecamp-politica...