professional idiot.
I’m the developer of the Photon client. Try it out
I removed it because I don’t want my app to necessarily depend or be associated with any specific centralized external source, like MBFC. By adding it to my app, I’m implicitly supporting its use, which wasn’t necessarily my goal.
I mean that’s why it’s “mildly infuriating”, it doesn’t enrage me as much as Twitter requiring a sign in for the whole site.