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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't we want these big platforms to adopt ActivityPub?

No. We don't. The more hands they have in the fediverse pie, the more influence they have over it. The more influence they have, the more control. The more control, the more at the whim of their decisions you are. The more at the whim of their decisions, the more power they have over you.

This should be common sense at this point.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IMO this is such a shortsighted take and defeats the point of federation because of a knee jerk response.

There is the potential for federation to grow massively with the injection of billions from big tech.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There is the potential for federation to grow massively with the injection of billions from big tech.

Sure, of course it would grow. But at what cost? And then who effectively owns it in the end? There's an inevitable outcome - one that you apparently aren't aware of.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't see how it would be possible to stop them to be honest.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You may be right - perhaps it's inevitable, one way or another. I don't know.

I'm passive at this point.