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ISPs could even provide the federated services like they provide e-mail. Another way it might work is companies that sell people federated service servers as pr
by thsealienbstrds 8y ago
ISPs could even provide the federated services like they provide e-mail. Another way it might work is companies that sell people federated service servers as products that they can deploy for example in their home or let the company host it. In any case maintenance must be included. I don't see how federated will take off without commercial support. The Smiths might be technically capable but I doubt the Jones's who are not are willing to let the Smiths control their service. That kind of defeats the point.
- esrauch 8y agoDo people use ISPs email anymore?
- ColinWright 8y agoYes.
- twblalock 8y agoYes, and it keeps people locked in to their ISP because switching would involve updating the email address in all of their online accounts and notifying all of their contacts about the change. I finally convinced my parents to bite the bullet and switch to Gmail so they can switch to a better ISP. It's a real problem.
- how_to_bake 8y agoThere is at least one[0] company providing mastodon hosting as a service. There really should be more though. The more Mastodon becomes compliant with Activity Pub, the more you could potentially replace all social media with it. Then both email and social media would be properly federated. I agree that the Jones' wouldn't want to be hosted by the Smith's instance. But I can forsee something like a local co-op managing an instance for all neighbors. But personally, I'd rather just pay a company that I know is subject to various laws and consumer agreements, etc. [0]: https://masto.host/ https://masto.host/