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...by Meta. No. No sir, it is not.
ActivityPub (Mastodon variety) has been a breath of fresh air for me. That's my Twitter replacement, though that's bad wording, because I don't want what Twitter has been for years.
It was just a matter of time before one of those large actors got into ActivityPub. People who want to communicate with their instances will have to conform.
Yes many in the fediverse are very distrusting of the large corporations and will instantly block Meta. But many others just love the technology, the ability to communicate across platforms, and will try hard to be part of it.
I will never use any Facebook product again after they completely bricked my oculus devices with the forced sign in.
What's in it for them? ActivityPub is a lot like e-mail and that is now basically controlled by the large centralized players like Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft. It was just a matter of time before one of those large actors got into ActivityPub. People who want to communicate with their instances will have to conform. Yes many in the fediverse are very distrusting of the large corporations and will instantly block Meta. Bu…
Commoditize your complement.
So if it relies on the servers of one centralized entity for authentication, how exactly is this thing "decentralized"?
> The app is codenamed P92 and will allow users to log in through their existing Instagram credentials So if it relies on the servers of one centralized entity for authentication, how exactly is this thing "decentralized"?
For an example of decentralized servers + centralized authentication just look at video games. It's common to have a common identity, but be able to join a server hosted by anyone.
> decentralized, text-based social network We had that. It was called Usenet, and it was great. Google destroyed it, so Facebook is going to own the next one from the get-go? Doesn't sound good.
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I'm afraid of the same outcome too. However I think many admins in the Fediverse are aware and I expected most servers to block any instance from Meta.
Why should they be blocked?