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Implement new features that only work when you integrate with Meta, then cut them out of the picture if they don't do what Meta says. The majority of users will stick with the instances that have the stickers and emojis that their friends have. Similar to what Google is doing with it's browser and the Internet.
So we'd have the exact structure we have now. A centralized platform, or instance, for the people that don't care and our current federated instances for the people that do care.
This is all a big nothing burger. We'll just continue to not use meta instances and platforms like we're literally doing right now.
Agreed. Truth be told, should the fediverse become mainstream, the masses will want the shiny bells and whistles and stick to the instances that support them. Those of us that could care less aren't going to be swayed by them, and steer clear. Unless FB somehow manages to take over the codebase and force everyone into their shit, I think we'll be fine.
See also: Google with Gmail.
Good luck running your own mail server these days, and getting your messages actually delivered to Gmail and Outlook/O365 mailboxes. It's possible, but a hassle, and the rug can get pulled at any moment.
Just configure your SPF record properly and you should be fine having emails delivered to gmail. I work in tech support for a small software company and every single time a customer is having issues with our email server not delivering to GMail, it's due to their SPF record being borked (which is on the customer's IT department, not us)