I became a full-on programmer after joining Lemmy. Coincidence?

Pretty much. But America doubly so

There’s nothing wrong with your phrasing

European prisons are different from American ones because they weren’t modeled after slave pens

AW2 is epic exclusive…

If I vote something I’m expressing my opinion just like I would with comment, and those are not anonymous.
I get that people are worried about griefers and psychos, but anonymity is just a (poor) cure for the symptoms, not for the disease; users who don’t behave should be banned, and if their instance turns out to be a detriment to the community, they should be defederated.

The anonymity we should ensure is the one of the person behind the username, to avoid doxxing and cyber-bullying.

Getting a new phone is annoying rather than exciting

Either you have the know how (or the willingness to acquire it), or you pay someone with the know how. If you half-ass a solution with an AliExpress camera, you deserve what’s coming to you.