They're currently rolling out this feature, starting with the login, you can now create app passwords für IMAP, DAV and the sync-client. Don't know if it's just for new users or when existing users are transferred but I recently noticed that something has changed to the positive.
It would be more than coincidence if the next Pope was an ultra-conservative, GOP-friendly guy from the US and A. Of course this would never happen, but.... ehm... who knows?
Don‘t say no one was warned…