Revert "File based settings (#1361)" (#1435)

This reverts commit 602e7afef6.

e2e/playwright/flow-tests.spec.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { secrets } from './secrets'
 import { getUtils } from './test-utils'
 import waitOn from 'wait-on'
 import { Themes } from '../../src/lib/theme'
-import { initialSettings } from '../../src/lib/settings'
 
 /*
 debug helper: unfortunately we do rely on exact coord mouse clicks in a few places
@@ -387,53 +386,6 @@ test('Auto complete works', async ({ page }) => {
   |> xLine(5, %)`)
 })
 
-// Stored settings validation test
-test('Stored settings are validated and fall back to defaults', async ({
-  page,
-  context,
-}) => {
-  // Override beforeEach test setup
-  // with corrupted settings
-  await context.addInitScript(async () => {
-    const storedSettings = JSON.parse(
-      localStorage.getItem('SETTINGS_PERSIST_KEY') || '{}'
-    )
-
-    // Corrupt the settings
-    storedSettings.baseUnit = 'invalid'
-    storedSettings.cameraControls = `() => alert('hack the planet')`
-    storedSettings.defaultDirectory = 123
-    storedSettings.defaultProjectName = false
-
-    localStorage.setItem('SETTINGS_PERSIST_KEY', JSON.stringify(storedSettings))
-  })
-
-  await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1200, height: 500 })
-  await page.goto('/', { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' })
-
-  // Check the toast appeared
-  await expect(
-    page.getByText(`Error validating persisted settings:`, { exact: false })
-  ).toBeVisible()
-
-  // Check the settings were reset
-  const storedSettings = JSON.parse(
-    await page.evaluate(
-      () => localStorage.getItem('SETTINGS_PERSIST_KEY') || '{}'
-    )
-  )
-  await expect(storedSettings.baseUnit).toBe(initialSettings.baseUnit)
-  await expect(storedSettings.cameraControls).toBe(
-    initialSettings.cameraControls
-  )
-  await expect(storedSettings.defaultDirectory).toBe(
-    initialSettings.defaultDirectory
-  )
-  await expect(storedSettings.defaultProjectName).toBe(
-    initialSettings.defaultProjectName
-  )
-})
-
 // Onboarding tests
 test('Onboarding redirects and code updating', async ({ page, context }) => {
   const u = getUtils(page)