Fuuuuck that. The option of anonymity is essential to freedom of expression especially where authoritarianism takes root. Especially important now.

Car wash?

I even remember reading about some of their whinging that he was “unfairly” competing because he wasn’t trying to wring every penny out of it.

As someone who hasn’t played it, how so?

What’s wrong with it is perfectly obvious: it doesn’t merely ask, it takes the decision away from you.

Edit: and what’s more, Firefox using v2 does ask. So like, what??

I’d be curious what the API change is that caused the bug. I think it’s just as likely that this is yet another case of Apple pulling the rug out from under devs.

I am wondering why we are waiting, if it’s an inevitability

You could still make separate identities if you choose. At present you’re still using a single one to interact across the fediverse (unless, of course, you make another one in the same way), so no additional loss of privacy

No, any server instance could support sso as long as they agree on the protocol. If the one you’re using now turned it on tomorrow you’d be able to use it elsewhere.

Got a toast saying "downvotes disabled "

Tech question: I just signed into beehaw with a third party app for the first time. Downvote button is there. I wonder if it works? Is the disabling on the UI layer in the browser (like some subreddits did) or is it deeper?

Gonna try downvoting my own comment here to find out.