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how to block meta from mastodon (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By all means block Meta instances if you want, but they have 3 billion users, they definitely don’t give a shit about a “competitor” with a few hundred thousand users.

If they don't give a shit then why do they add federation feature at all? It doesn't make sense.

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

Right now it's only supported for Instagram accounts right? So slap in ActivityPub and you've got an already working way to extend your app. It's easy, it's fast development, and it's cheap. It makes tons of sense.

Also, Meta and the rest of FAANG are a company of a bunch of nerds with a history of open sourcing software. This isn't some crazy play, this is completely normal for them.