[hambil]

Originally Posted by STT

Couldn't agree more with this - I've certainly had my eyes opened a little to the motivations of at least one coder in this thread. I hasten to add that the majority of coders do an excellent job and do indeed think of their users first, but a minority seem to be thinking first of their wallets (or indeed purses).

Keep up the good work, vbulletin.org - it's good to know you'll let mod users know of vulnerabilities.

Consider for a second that most uninstalls remove data from the database. Now consider that you have to deal with numerous angry and confused users and explain to them that the data they spent months, perhaps years, building and collecting has just been wiped out because they acted on advice to uninstall for a problem you could have fixed in 5 minutes had you been given some advanced warning. It costs real time, and yes, if you don't work for free then real money, to deal with that mess. It's also very upsetting to the users. Beyond that, there are numerous already stated reasons to tweak the process from how it is done now, and even the staff agrees, which is why changes are being discussed.

Still, if you want to see the worst in something, or someone, then I can't stop you. As the famous quote goes: You can't use logic to argue someone out of a position they didn't use logic to get into.