It’s not sympathy that I ask for. It is actually that people recognize that this form of enshitification is that of incompetence. Incompetence is the thesis (thus warranted). When a CAPTCHA or proof of work tool resorts to sloppy reputation-based logic, it defeats its own purpose of obtaining a more accurate result.

As far as “coming across like an ass”, that’s exactly what I see when someone says “conform like everyone else”. “Use the clearnet, and use a mainstream browser”. That is very much being a dick. Or if you are referring to my response to the accusation that I was “shocked”, that is on its own a false statement designed to imply ignorance.