> doesn't solve any problems for a typical user. Mentioning "Federation" as a feature will not be very appealing to the average user, indeed. It is more of a t

> doesn't solve any problems for a typical user. Mentioning "Federation" as a feature will not be very appealing to the average user, indeed. It is more of a technical concept. But there are features that derive from an app being federated. Ever heard people complain they were suddenly banned for no apparent reason, and have no means to get it fixed? In a federated service you may just go to another instance (and in future migrating / controlling your own content will be easy). A big centralized platform has a single ToS, and algorithms throw random people from the entire userbase at you. In a federated system you can choose a server with rules / ToS that appeals to you. An individual server is like a community with own culture and topics of interest. Wanna escape ads, algorithmic driven UI? Choose any federated server (currently fediverse is ad-free). Server adds ads later on? Migrate to one that does not.