Further conformation that this simplification is a good idea: I was just doing some Ubuntu One user testing on Stephanie Murphy and she was completely puzzled as to why she sometimes couldn't create a folder inside a folder that was shared with her. The reason was that it had been shared without 'allow modification' being ticked. This option creates confusion without giving any benefit. If you want to share something with somebody without them being able to edit it you can use the 'publish' which is designed for exactly this purpose.
Further conformation that this simplification is a good idea: I was just doing some Ubuntu One user testing on Stephanie Murphy and she was completely puzzled as to why she sometimes couldn't create a folder inside a folder that was shared with her. The reason was that it had been shared without 'allow modification' being ticked. This option creates confusion without giving any benefit. If you want to share something with somebody without them being able to edit it you can use the 'publish' which is designed for exactly this purpose.