Yeah, as long as there are hacks to thwart strays and werewolves, the apparent ills of Pests can be held at bay. Nevertheless, it really chaps to have to install fan-created hacks to get rid of [idiotic, sophomoric, lame, moronic, stupid, noisome] features that I don't want.
Of course, I've long had the same thoughts about a lot of Microsoft software, but at least Microsoft gives you the options to turn them off!