Looking at the GitHub, Issue #134 calls the idea “absolutely unethical and against the open web.” Issue #113 say they “can’t believe this is even proposed.” Issue #127 adds: “Have you ever stopped to consider that you’re the bad guys?”
I chose lemmy.ml after I heard nothing for two of my applications on beehaw. I then got in, and about a week later I got approval for the second beehaw application. So that’s gonna be used eventually, but I’m really happy with lemmy.ml