One year later, in a News Article: "$person_name's lawyer could not be reached for comment, but it is noted that the userid mentioned in the lawsuit was create

One year later, in a News Article: "$person_name's lawyer could not be reached for comment, but it is noted that the userid mentioned in the lawsuit was created on 2022-12-03, the same day as the photos were uploaded, and the same day as the arrest warrant was issued..." Using the id directly as the pk admittedly just makes things a bit simpler, one less bit of information to track down. I know bridge tables are not hard, but it's just one extra step that the developer has to be aware of, plan ahead for (and possibly all your teams and customer support people need to be aware of when they are tracking down an issue with an account) UUIDv4 lets you move fast now and pay your performance-piper next year rather than now.