Shaders are still broken. There is a "workaround", not a "fix". Workarounds don't work for everyone.
Most people's launcher still work with FS. However, it breaks their VANILLA install. Breaking the vanilla version is the worst thing a mod cna do, imo. Most of us on this forums don't play vanilla, but there are people who do, and after trying out FS, going back to vanilla and having to reinstall to play... the won't come back.
There is also the issue of some people not being able to download files, and some people not being able to run the launcher.
And the dev's know about it. I've told them, a few of them, and some multiple times. It seems to fall on deaf ears most of the time 
I'm sure I've told you about these problems, before, Twigs. And some possible fixes if the source was made public.
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