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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

the primary motivator is probably PR

They could go a bluesky route and build their own protocol so they could have more control over it. I don't think non-techy people would care about federation to be honest.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Fair point, but they also have to please the EU, which won't buy them creating a new protocol with two existing ones gaining major traction, of which one is w3c standard.

    e: typo

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