*points at XMPP, and the NINA/Escargot family. They STILL have they if they choose to seek it

If it weren't for the fact I rely on Proton to play games I'd do the same

I use the list as a shopping list, unironically I've bought multiple games from it

Considering they allow groups like store.steampowered.com/curator/4492...
I'm really not surprised

Being forced into battery draining tools or changing clients (yes web counts) isn't a "fix"
The point of the post is it shouldn't be happening to PDS users to begin with (I'm in the US I got caught offguard myself)

Anubis difficulty 5 was too much—my poor Core 2 Duo actually thermal-throttled mid-captcha.
Hashrate went from ‘calculator’ to ‘dying Tamagotchi.’
All this just to prove I’m not a robot so I can load a YouTube alt frontend.

My PDS never asked for a birthdate, because Bluesky’s onboarding isn’t part of the protocol.

The client is forcing a centralized field onto decentralized accounts.

If we wanted a walled garden, we wouldn’t be running our own servers.

And inb4 "use a different client"

Those clients generally don't have DMs, or id stick with OpenVibe which worked fine. If I run a PDS, that means I own a domain (gotta be 18+ to enter contracts) and a VPS. Federation is meant to not tie us to a centralized policy, but here we are

Considering the furry (especially gay furries) response is...hacks and leaks (positive) it's not surprising they choose to not poke that bear

Valid, he's had a lot of solid releases

Did something happen ?!