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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IMO the way to prevent such a scenario from happening is not by blocking Meta, but by inviting equally large competitors to join the fediverse. The described tactic can only work if you have close to a monopoly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Well they aren't blocked at the fediverse level. They are blocked at the instance level which is the fediverse working as designed.