> why not just default to armored? I assume this is because the author really does not want people to use age to encrypt e-mail because e-mail encryption is ho

> why not just default to armored? I assume this is because the author really does not want people to use age to encrypt e-mail because e-mail encryption is hopelessly and unfixably broken. By making armored not be the default, it's an extra little thorn in the side.