Comment by ladyattis

I still don't see how this is solving any problems. What if I just want to consume the content on the open web as is without logging in? It's one of the reasons why I have to use archiving sites to read the news because half the time NYT or WaPo whine about me not being logged in (as if being able to spam me with ads wasn't enough). I think all the noise about fixing identity and the like is just another way to force end users to give up privacy so content creators can just data mine more and sell it all off to ad companies. Like even to pay for something via crypto currency doesn't need much of a fixed identity other than an wallet address to send/receive coins from/to. Outside of that, why do they need to know I am X person rather than just X wallet/address?