That sounds like it would get rid of a significant portion of what makes federation worthwhile. I see this request a lot, so I'm sure it has merit to a decent a

That sounds like it would get rid of a significant portion of what makes federation worthwhile. I see this request a lot, so I'm sure it has merit to a decent amount of people, but I can't help but feel like the people requesting it are simply missing the entire point of the thing. It feels like people are so captured by the way centralized walled gardens work, they can't even conceive of a world without them.