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Very difficult to discuss with the fiance without know the terminology yet lol

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What would you call gmail vs hotmail?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

But that's a provider/customer relationship, on the fediverse it isn't.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Agree on a technical level, but in terms of the average netizen being able to visualize the relationship, "providers" makes it much easier

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I don't think we should try to visualize something that's not there just because it's (supposedly) easier for the average netizen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For now. Commercial servers are possible, especially if communities become multi-instance in the future.

Every mature decentralized service calls them providers. Phone providers, ISPs, email providers, etc. I guess usenet just calls them "news servers", though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's provider/consumer (not customer, something being a "provider" doesn't necessarily mean they are selling stuff).

We are consumers, we consume the content that the instances provide, as content providers.