Hi @pierretoulmonde ,
I understand your disappointment.
The basic features of the plugin still the same. We just tried to polish it up in a modern way.
Besides that, Disable Comments now have the ability to block comments that comes from XML-RPC and REST-API. Most of these features are requested by lots of users.
Regarding the Popup, you may want to point to the notice which is fully optional. If you cancel, This will not collect any information and this notice will not be visible anytime on your website: https://d.pr/i/GxDKBZ
Lots of plugin uses this to determine proper compatibility with other plugins they are using. This is surely not a Trojan that you pointed. And yes, we have a pretty good roadmap for this plugin and we want to keep improving the plugin and need feedback support from the users.
I hope you will keep using the plugin and share your valuable feedback so we can keep improving and up to date with time. Just putting a negative review won’t help much while positive feedback could change things differently.
Feel free to get in touch with our support if you have anything to share.
Cheers!