[HenryBemis]

Plus... That GDPR thing across the pond.. we (on this side of the pond) don't appreciate this behaviour. Ask us politely to tick a (previously unchecked checkbox).

I started out thinking "whoah that should be a great company to work with/at" and then the marketing thingie happened...

[tmikaeld]

Especially bad considering that the company is located in an EU member country. (Estonia)

[znq]

All fixed. Thanks for the feedback guys. We're a tech company, not so much a marketing company, so we probably don't really know what we're doing here :-)

[Phenix88be]

If you are a tech company you should know that require an email adress for a download link is a bad design. Because only marketing people do that... Please don't try to hide the fact that you DID want to harvest valuable email adress from HN. It's too late.

[dang]

Please don't pile on. If someone makes a mistake, it's enough that they fix it.

[znq]

As stated in a sibling, it was our genuine intention to send out updates for those who want to get it. I agree it wasn't implemented in the best way and I should have reviewed the landing page, but it certainly wasn't because of ulterior motive.