That's true! But I think more than one "front" can be open in this battle. And we also need the ones that can be won quicker or easier. Or at least start those too.
And fortunately they made the law future proof. It doesn't say that "hey, you should use USB-C" but it says "hey, you should use the connector mentioned in Appendix H which is defined by committee R".
That way they don't need to start over the whole bureaucratic process the pass the law, just ask a committee to reevaluate the tech and they change the appendix.
It can be USB-D from tomorrow.
I dunno. I use it since I can and (at least for me) it's awesome. Finally fresh posts from little communities besides the big ones, far more diversity. I love it.
That's what I did what you suggested in your Edit.
I was looking for the option since Sync was supposedly updated to handle v0.19 and a handful of instances were already on that for weeks now. Never found the option. I just hoped a fix will come until my main instance is upgraded.
But anyway, the main thing I can use it with this workaround.
Came here to say this.