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There are many reasons that I have removed user IDs, some of which happened today and some of which I've been thinking about since I created the feature.
The first is that it's just user hostile to track everyone because a few people have been stealing segments, or to track what people are doing in general in some hopes that it will solve your problem. I think I've realised that it never really does solve anything. People would still steal segments even if I/the community voted to ban them from using Shatter.
The second was that I recently read the very well-said complaints about modern Teardown by 1ssnl. It's not really relevant to this feature specifically, but in general it made me think about Shatter's position in this "drama." Do we really want Smash Hit to be just as bad as the now sold-out Teardown? I don't really think so and I felt this feature pulled us to something bad.
Additionally, people were starting to notice that this feature actually existed, and I think it only truly works if people don't know much about it. That's hard to do for an open source project! And since it's open source, anyone can just remove the checks or even see that there's a developer option to disable them. At this point, we only end up wasting some bandwith and time of actual users.
Finally, I've just wanted to switch to a only-defensive approach to segment protection in general. I don't like to punish people, and that's what this feature was essentially doing, and it was also doing it quite badly. I feel being only defensive and using (for its issues and weaknesses) "DRM" is more fair if we want to discourage segment stealing.
If you want to protect your segments from people just copying and pasting into a mod, then you really should use Segstrate and check the "Always disallow import" in Shatter settings. And in general, I would encourage you not to get too passionate about people stealing segments because it will always happen. I understand it can be demotivating but also try to remember that immitation is the best form of flattery.
Anyways, as usual, don't let mobile games die just because they're 10 years old. ❤️
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