I have seen very painfully long proof of work demands by Anubis on thebrainbin.org.. not sure if that is triggered by a Tor exit node IP. Now I get access denied from Anubis, for the first time ever, when visiting quokk.au. Hope it’s not going to become a trend.
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.