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@dreirik, is this really an unavoidable consequence? I know what happened to XMPP, but did the same happen to email? Despite corporate dominance, email remains a universally used protocol across different business models.

Imagine if I couldn’t send my “ugly duck” email from my own server to Gmail or Outlook. That’s essentially what’s happening now by blocking interoperability on the social web. Yet, millions are already in the Fediverse.

If this is a real threat, how do we protect the Fediverse? I believe we need more funding - not just to go mainstream, but to fix fundamental UI and technical issues that make life unnecessarily hard for users. These problems require resources, yet discussions in the most popular Fediverse apps often take years to turn into action or have solutions.