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[–] Masimatutu@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

idk, the primary motivator is probably PR, but there is a chance that there's still a trace, a glimmer of empathy and excitement for innovation, hidden way down somewhere in that human.

Don't count on it, though.

[–] Lucia@eviltoast.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the primary motivator is probably PR

They could go a bluesky route and build their own protocol so they could have more control over it. I don't think non-techy people would care about federation to be honest.

[–] Masimatutu@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fair point, but they also have to please the EU, which won't buy them creating a new protocol with two existing ones gaining major traction, of which one is w3c standard.

e: typo