> An open source infrastructure for a centralized network now provides almost the same level of control as federated protocols, without giving up the ability to

> An open source infrastructure for a centralized network now provides almost the same level of control as federated protocols, without giving up the ability to adapt. That's simply not true. Unless you're Google/Facebook/Apple/Amazon, you'll be unable to get anyone to use your centralized network. Which makes it worse than useless. "Build it and they will come" doesn't work in a world of walled gardens, curated content and censorship.