Post #2266370
2026-05-08 18:25 UTC
Google hid their whole-assed login infra behind a youtube address so you couldn't just deep-six all of youtube.com.
Microsoft just blocked logging me in to Xbox on the Web because 'ms-sso.copilot.microsoft.com' is now handling logins for not-copilot and guess what I have blocked at DNS?
This appears to be the new dark pattern in identity management. Force your login path through a domain that's commonly blocked for (ethical | security | standards) reasons to force your customer's consent.
Yuck.
This is not the fucking world I was promised.
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@me@m.geno.is 2026-05-10 19:51
@reijomancer@defcon.social yeah… I’m still in the process of accepting Microsoft has it’s *.microsoft tld… I mean it’s even easier to block but woah… I was naive to think tld were not for sale. Next a dot pizzahut !? Maybe it’s not absurd, but for me it is… what about net neutrality in NameServers ? Aw. Anyway. What a time to be alive.