likewowman2cool: As for the auto-pass being better, for me one of the main changes (if not the only one) would be if I could use auto-pass, even if my opponent does not want to use auto-pass when it is his/her turn.
As for the doubling cube "issue", I can understand both parts and I suggested (even before auto-pass was implemented) something like "auto-pass for x moves", where you choose the number of moves you want to auto-pass inside that particular game. This was suggested so that people could use auto-pass without completely losing the knowledge of the game (but I probably wouldn't use auto-pass for the doubling possibility, at least not everytime)