Fediverse @lemmy.world hankskyjames777 @thebrainbin.org 8mo ago

[Related post] Minetest rejects another federation suggestion AGAIN.

github.com Allow remote authentication via federation · Issue #15082 · minetest/minetest

Problem Right now a player has to create a new account on each server. This can be tedious and can even open the door up to impersonation and username conflicts. Ideally there should be a way to cr...

(relates to https://thebrainbin.org/m/fediverse@lemmy.world/t/350958/Minetest-Luanti-rejected-suggestion)

Pure walled-garden behavior (by federation/decentralization) from the Minetest devs.

OpenSourceGames @lemmy.ml hankskyjames777 @thebrainbin.org 8mo ago

Minetest rejects another federation suggestion AGAIN.

github.com /minetest/minetest/issues/15082

4 comments

I don't think this is walled-garden behaviour. No one's stopping you from just using the same user info for every server you join, with no consequences to doing so. You don't need an email and data doesn't sync anyways, so there is no need.
- But you will have to do the hassle of making another account on each server
  
  Correct
The last update to this github issue was over 3 weeks ago. Also why should anyone care when they already said its technically possible but up to the servers to share their login database?