I see no downsides to the idea of federation at all. All the downsides that exist on the specific platforms can be fixed or addressed; there is no inherent flaw in interconnectiveness of various sites/platforms/models, and that's all the "federation" is: various sites connected together sharing content.
this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2023
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That they are still centralized in a way. Federation is only the first step, the next step must be real decentralization, so no more server software!
As I understand it, there's a huge downside to federated software in the requirement to be Always Online. Lots of people have slow internet connections, or no connection at all, preventing them from accessing their software. Everyone should be able to use the programs/apps they have without regard to whether they are online or can get online.
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It might decide to construct a secret droid army and plot in the shadows to overthrow the galactic republic, all while secretly acting as a tool manipulated by the dark lord of the sith. Also tricky trying to explain to people that to join something called ‘lemmy’ they need to go to geddit.social or kbin.social or whatever but that it’s all basically the same except it’s not. Personally I think the Sith Lord thing is a bigger issue.