You're absolutely right. Ultimately that is your choice to make. No service can satisfy everyone, and if you're still at odds with the service at the end of the day, then you probably should opt out. My main point is less about Google or Schmidt specifically and more about this line of thinking as an end to discourse. Read more

I'd argue that listing "it's optional" in response to criticism, he's implying that not using it *is* the alternative to criticism. It's a given that you don't have to use Google+. Everyone knows that. Why would you ever have to tell anyone that? To me, that does come off as subtle subterfuge. Read more

Ha, you're right, Teracopy is Lifehacker canon. I guess we weren't considering "file copying" to be Windows software, but it's not a tough case to make. Read more

What part is thievery, exactly? The part where I credit Reddit? Read more

But, but... surfing the web can make you more productive! Read more

You sure can. It's just /tag/index.xml, so, for example: Read more

Hey Matt, can you try again (making sure you're installing version 0.1.4.1)? I think there may have been a problem with capitalization. Are you on Windows/Mac/or Linux? I just updated (hopefully) with a fix. Read more

Sorry, I'm mostly familiar with Chrome extension development—essentially because that's what I'm using. The source is available on github in case that provides a helpful starting point. Read more

Ha, hmm... Fixed. :) Read more

I can't argue with that. Read more

Thanks, fixed! Read more

Whoa, that's really strange, re: the Google redirect thing, it didn't used to do this. It is global, though, and totally understand if you'd prefer not to support in this way. As I said, unfortunately Amazon and California are fighting right now, and I don't currently benefit from those links anyway. There's always… Read more

I will be adding, prob over this weekend. Read more

Ah, it scrobbles based on playing the track in your browser, so unfortunately it wouldn't work to scrobble from Android. Read more

Volume and track scrubbing would require the same basic interaction, so if I figured out one, the other would likely be trivial. Read more

It depends on what they update, but them's the breaks with nearly any extension that focuses on enhancing/extending a web site. Under most circumstances, though, it shouldn't be too hard to quickly update the extension quickly. Read more

Thanks v. much! Read more

Unfortunately I haven't found a way to control Google Music volume via the extension. If I do figure it out, I'll def. update with that option. (Same with scrubbing the track from the popup.) Read more

Will consider it. Thanks for the suggestion. Read more

It only appears when a song is playing, to the right of the progress bar at the bottom of the Google Music page. Let me know if you're still having trouble. Read more