Interesting bit to watch. Gab head techies considering saying screw-it to Fediverse content.
That could improve the climate in the rest of the Fediverse, avoid nastiness by association like some instances suffer (not by supporting Gab, but simply by defending open network connection unless there's a reason for limiting or denying it)
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the only reason they are in the fediverse at all was to hijack the fediverse apps int he app store to circumvent censorship.
Now they got smart enough to realize they could keep the API the same so those apps still work for them and just ditch the federation part.
I dont think they ever really cared about decentralization in the first place.
> the only reason they are in the fediverse at all was to hijack the fediverse apps int he app store to circumvent censorship.
That. 100% agreed. I have read a really good article about the Fedi and Eugen's reaction to their hijacking the open source and running with it.
To general dismay. A good blog post could come out of it, as I loved the theme and discussion.
Need to reactivate my Fedi Reporting blog -- there's so much to be written and explained.
