It's hard to believe that some of these comments aren't trolling. Do they also consider the fact that iterm can call out to tools like `wget` and `curl` a privacy risk and slippery slope that might share their data if used wrong?
Complete whataboutism. If I fat finger bad data, that's expressly my fault. This is a case where I now need to worry about tools I use that never sent my usage data somewhere now sending it somewhere.
But isn’t it more fun to make up unrealistic/impossible scenarios and then get mad at those instead since the reality is that there is nothing to be mad about? /s
I can’t stand the people up in arms about an opt-in feature that is one of many that are in iTerm2. ITerm2 is not and will not become some kind of AI-based terminal, that idea is so absurd and so are the people making that argument.
In fact, the implementation is so barebones that it’s not useful IMHO so the outrage is even more silly.
Choosing a network capable download command is different than an option to send all commands to the cloud for processing. And we know defaults get changed at times, sometimes on purpose (hi facebook!).
We also have decades of experience and culture around how to use network commands properly, especially for FLOSS tools.
Considering that newbies will be attracted to these cloud tools, the risk of information leakage sounds a lot higher in the second instance.
