Why was the 'Shipping Presets' feature deprecated?

Why was the 'Shipping Presets' feature deprecated?

TPruitt
Visitor
2 0 3

I've just been informed that the following "Shipping Presets" feature has been deprecated (and also not listed on the change long). 

Here's a link to the feature. 
https://changelog.shopify.com/posts/speed-up-fulfillment-with-shopify-shipping-presets

This was an incredibly useful feature that allowed us to configure package preset based the product ordered, and also have shipping insurance simply cover the full amount of the package instead of doing all of that manually. 

We use a wide range of shipping boxes, with a wide variety of different shaped/sized products that were also priced differently which means they occur varying insurance premiums. We utilized Shipping Presets with every order because of this which streamlined label purchases. 

Now, we have to purchase a label in a separate tab, reference the price of the order to purchase the correct amount of insurance, AND we have to cross references all sizes to now ensure we're selecting the correct box. 

Not a disaster, but seriously why remove this functionality. Please tell us there will be something better in it's place, and soon. 

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FurtherRecords
Shopify Partner
36 1 16

Seriously. What the hell?

 

My Flow diagram for this covered every possible eventuality. What do I do now?