There has been a lot of chatter about the decision of some instances on Mastodon to pre-emptively block Meta’s purported new ActivityPub-compatible service: Dare Obasanjo: It’s a weird own …
A very detailed article about the whole Meta (Instagram/Threads) vs. Fediverse discussions. It’s a long read, but well-worth it if you’re interested in the subject.
The arguments in the article about open protocols misses the point though. This is not a technical issue. It’s also not a capitalist vs anti-capitalist issue, but a policy issue of who you want to associate with.
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The arguments in the article about open protocols misses the point though. This is not a technical issue. It’s also not a capitalist vs anti-capitalist issue, but a policy issue of who you want to associate with.