In sci/tech papers there's a move towards writing with active voice there too. Bc science doesn't just happen, it is caused to, by people. It's important to recognize that it's not some amorphous infallible force. "We combined the ingredients and placed them on a hotplate..." is no less objective.

Okay so coming from a totally different thread (about Tom Lehrer, satirical music legend, passing away) I'm reminded of Patty Matzonger and her dog Galadrial -- told she couldn't use first person in a paper, she added a second person so she could use "we."

I’ve been a Tom Lehrer fan for some four decades now, and croaked out many of his songs in my piano bar days…