Thank you for the feedback, and I completely understand your frustration.

You’re right that basic customization should not require an account. This was not intended to force users to sign up, but is a temporary limitation in our current settings sync design.

Right now, signed-in users can sync settings across devices. Before we enable local settings for non-signed-in users, we need to handle what happens when local settings and cloud settings conflict after sign-in, so users do not accidentally lose their preferences.

We agree this should be improved, and we plan to support local settings without requiring an account once this is handled properly.

Thanks again for pointing this out.