Every user has to indeed obtain their personal key, it's the only way to remain
free software with reproducible builds while keeping the feature. Simplenote
for one example is an open source app that can't get accepted in F-Droid
because the data synchronization platform enforces the developer to keep their
key private. GNOME will be better off taking the initiative in maximizing this
issue coverage in publications targeted at desktop users, before updating the
implementation. Maybe releasing a patch that visibly deprecates the current
use, publishing tutorials on getting the keys, and emphasizing that the
inconvenience is caused by a requirement from Google. If you're familiar with
imageboard extension userscripts, getting own keys is what users have needed to
do for years to prefetch YouTube metadata for example, and because of the
origin of this requirement explained right next to the input field, users
understand that the developer isn't the one to blame.
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