I'm seeing a lot of people being outraged at the fact they are currently missing out on powering up because the feature is disabled from the wallet. However, you can still power up from the top-right menu's "Buy Steem Power" button.
Nothing is stopping you from :
- signing up on an exchange
- depositing your steem on the exchange
- exchanging it to bitcoin/bitshares/ether
- sending it (withdrawing it) to your Steem Power wallet via the "Buy Steem Power" button from the top-right menu?
Go ahead and spread the gospel!