Well I never actually said it was "evil", just outside the bounds of what I find acceptable. And it's interesting to see that, after all of that back-and-forth,

Well I never actually said it was "evil", just outside the bounds of what I find acceptable. And it's interesting to see that, after all of that back-and-forth, in the end you and I agree: It should have been implemented as an extension, not hardcoded to one specific provider.