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federated apps never really took off imo, maybe because it matters only for a small fraction of people who's concerned about security or selfhosting or whatsoev
by rouxz 4y ago
federated apps never really took off imo, maybe because it matters only for a small fraction of people who's concerned about security or selfhosting or whatsoever else tech people care about nowadays
- mro_name 4y agoit's sad that in your eyes federated is tied to techie.
- IshKebab 4y agoYou mean it's sad that federation is tied to being a techie? His observation is clearly correct.
- mro_name 4y agoWhat's scary/techie about servers communicating? How to change that and make federation fearless?
- IshKebab 4y agoNothings scary about it. The techie thing is that most people simply do not care about it. My mum does not care that email is federated but WhatsApp isn't. She just uses them. If anything federation is worse for the average user because it leads to more spam and ossified protocols (does IRC support images yet?).
- mro_name 4y agofair enough, but how can a 'network' be 'social' if there is only one provider. ('Thou shall not have others before me'). Making means of communication a matter of taste of those who don't care won't yield good results. That's what brought us into that surveillance capitalism mess.
- IshKebab 4y agoBecause there are lots of people on it. I'm not sure what the Bible has to do with any of this.
- INTPenis 4y agoCompletely false. I welcome you to take a look at any well connected fediverse node. We're having a blast.