alt Hacker NewsAll absolutely reasonable. At the same time though there are a lot of roads leading to centralisation, and as they all converge it gets just a bit .. problematic.
Absolutely not claiming its not a pragmatic step, but equal-footing alternatives would be useful.
I'm no tin-foil-hat - but when a website account requires government id (like in the uk), and creating software requires signing by the website, you link all the things - is that a good outcome?
This is true, and it’s why I’m hopeful that some of the newer forges can make meaningful default posture improvements that make migration away from centralized services the dispassionate choice to a user who cares about availability and security.