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Their motives are probably compliance with the interoperability provisions of the European Union’s upcoming Digital Markets Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by fmajid 3y ago
Their motives are probably compliance with the interoperability provisions of the European Union’s upcoming Digital Markets Act:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Markets_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Markets_Act
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/04/eu-digital-markets-acts-interoperability-rule-addresses-important-need-raises https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/04/eu-digital-markets-act...
Since that’s a legal requirement, it’s not something they can yank in the future.
- poisonborz 3y agoThanks, I didn't understood before why they would want to add this (other some thumbs ups from a hostile tech community). But wouldn't such protocols be needed for all products operating there, not just new ones?
- fmajid 3y agoIt’s easier to add this to a new service where product management started after the contours of the DMA became clear. Picking something off the shell like ActivityPub was probably easier than inventing a new one. I am more knowledgeable about RSS than ActivityPub, so that’s just a guess. Also a Twitter clone where everything is public is easier than something like Facebook with complex privacy and sharing settings.