>>dagurp+(OP)
As usual, a thousand word essay on Google's WEI without ever mentioning that Apple sailed that ship silently a while ago, therefore not attracting any attention or backlash.
>>Zopieu+h52
Personally I don't think PATs are nearly as bad as WEI. PATs just bypass CAPTCHAs while WEI will presumably lock people out of sites completely.
>>wmf+Ja2
WEI can't lock people out of sites either. It's all on the website owner. A site owner could easily lock Apple users who aren't authed via PAT today if they wanted to. The only thing that's stopped them from doing so already is that most users are non-Apple browsers so it wouldn't make sense.