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Trust me, no one missed that point. You just seem to brush over the fact that there can be reasons to force a person to register DESPITE them “likely not returning”. 
So? Because others do it, it must be the right approach? Are you really not seeing the objective logical flaw in that reasoning?
And should we point you to a few of the hundreds of thousands of websites that DO require a registration? Do THOSE sites then equally prove that it is the right decision to force a registration? See how this type of reasoning doesn’t work?
Good for you. Others have different goals. Yet, you want to paint it as if their approach must be based on “bad decisions”. And you assert questionable reasons like “inflating registration numbers”. Who said that was a reason? No one. So why do you assert it and put it out there? It’s dishonest! You ignore the reasons that people are actually giving you and make up your own reason for them, which you can then dismiss as bad. And you assert that forcing a registration cannot “serve a purpose”. Sorry, but that is either arrogance or ignorance. You assert that your approach and your opinion must be the only valid one – despite the millions of websites and apps requiring registrations who’s owners all apparently do not see what you see. 
Oh, that is simple: Because you might want the file.
It’s just another trade offer. For commercial offers, it’s product traded for money. In the freemium field on the internet, it can also be file or service traded for registration. You decide if it’s worth it to you. If not, just move on. 
Just because the offer doesn’t work for you, doesn’t mean that the one making the offer has made a mistake. It just means you are not the right “customer” for their offer. If I walk through a mall, there are thousands of offers that don’t work for me. Yet, I don’t approach the store owners telling them they are doing it wrong, because their offers don’t match what the products would be worth it to me. That would be kind of ridiculous. Yet, it’s exactly what you are doing here. 
 

Like @Miss_B already said there are many reasons. Distributing files via the Markerplace has it's pros and cons - for developers AND users.
I prefer not to offer all files in the MP, only themes. That's my decision and you have to respect that. In the end it's simple, If you don't like that just don't use the addons, I don't want to sell anything.
Funfact: On my old XenForo site you can instant download all my addons and translations without signing up. The difference is they are abandoned after I left XF. They are no longer developed and no longer receive updates. If anyone still wants some of the old stuff he can get it, but on his own risk because I don't support them anymore.

You can't compare this to those download portals. Every dev here that runs his own site and offers software and support (free or paid) does this for members only.
That's exactly the same as you are writing only one line above that. The only difference is, you don't even have to pay 

There are many reasons as to why a developer uploads files to his/her website. Drawing traffic might be one of them. You say it as it is a bad thing, but it is not bad at all. The file in question is free and the dev put some time and effort in coding it and if they draw some traffic from it, then that is their reward for their hard work.  If you want to download it, then you will have to register at the dev 's site. Otherwise you can either a) request one to be developed for you, or b) learn how to code and code it yourself.
I am sorry to say this, but the way you are complaining about this, it is very irritating.  You can get something for free, but you do not want to lift a finger. Perhaps the developer can come to your home and install the plugin for you as well while he is at it? 😄

You can't compare this to those download portals. Every dev here that runs his own site and offers software and support (free or paid) does this for members only.
That's exactly the same as you are writing only one line above that. The only difference is, you don't even have to pay 

Because you never sign up for anything? I don't see the issue.

Pete left the invision community, but you can get the latest version of the addon here now ...
https://invisionify.com/files/file/25-who-was-online-hours/

It’s easy for you but not for your users.
We don’t make our website for ourselves or so that it is as easy as possible for us. We have to think from a user perspective. And there the separation is wrong in my eyes. It starts with the different UI and ends with the search function at the latest. No matter how great your articles in WordPress are - they won't be found in IPS. No matter how exciting your users content is in your community, the readers of your WordPress site will never get to know them.
If your community is really important to you and the contributions of your community users are just as important as your WordPress contributions, then they should also be found in a single search function.
Yes, Pages is very brittle. And yes, it takes some effort to change from the fancy WordPress editor or pagebuilder. But as I said - it can't be about what *we* like, it has to be about what makes the site the easiest for users to use.
Exactly my question. 

This is why you use Pages instead.
It will allow you to build things just the way you want (without having to curse over the loop).

Not to mention that many WordPress installations don’t stay free. If you need anything more than the core functionality, you probably will need to install plugins. So you find one, but you will soon discover, that one feature you need is only in the paid version, which you need to buy from the developer’s website as a subscription. Add a couple of third-party resources and then it will not only cost a lot of money, but also be nightmare to maintain. 

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Can't reproduce; it's working fine:

The error message will show up when the form is submitted.

The Who is online block is build in. You can get Who was online here ...
https://invisionify.com/files/file/25-who-was-online-hours/

I know, already edited them, that's why I suggested that 😉

Would be even better if we could add/remove images while editing the description and not only while uploading a new version.

Thank you for the 4.6 update! 
But it would have been much better if the option was placed inside the post options rather than next to the quote buttons.
@InvisionHQ

Would be even better if we could add/remove images while editing the description and not only while uploading a new version.

Would be even better if we could add/remove images while editing the description and not only while uploading a new version.

What did I do?
Oh yeah, someone else linked to my app...thanks @Darth Vortex 
 

Just upload the images as an album in the Gallery and put the link to the album in the post. Looks like this ...

Would be even better if we could add/remove images while editing the description and not only while uploading a new version.

You can control who has access to the clubs app here ...