Truth is , services like [shitty website] have been around for years, with no issues.
Truth is, you don't know what you are talking about.
Besides shilling bullshit (probably because you weren't intelligent enough to invest in BTC when you had the chance to), all of your arguments are based on nothing more than hot air.
Just because [shitty website] has been around for years, this doesn't mean anything.
I doubt a lot of user use that garbage. And even if, that is not the point.
The point is that you are trusting a 3rd party for no good reason. There are close to zero upsides, but a lot of downsides with this method.
Considering this so called dev and tech forum shoot down any ideas that would actually improve the user experience,
Improving the user experience by... downloading files, moving them into the correct folder, overwriting other stuff, starting up the software just to see that you need "reindex", google what this means and fix the issue.
As opposed to simply.. starting up the software and let it sync itself.
Where is the improved user expierence, please?
It is marginally faster, if at all. So what other upsides does it have?
The downsides (security-, privacy- and integrity issues) are more than obvious.