http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:nu.federati.net,2021-01-30:noticeId=3356363:objectType=commentNew comment by lnxw48a1@<a href="https://nu.federati.net/user/16" class="h-card u-url p-nickname mention" title="GeniusMusing">geniusmusing</a> Yeah. :-(<br /> <br /> I think the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/blockwars" rel="tag">blockwars</a></span> folks may have indirectly caused this. There are people who file complaints against client apps that don’t build in blocklists against specific servers whose moderation policies they dislike.<br /> <br /> I think that #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/matrix" rel="tag">Matrix</a></span> / #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/element" rel="tag">Element</a></span> competes with one or more Google-owned chat-type services. Since they gatekeep the overwhelming majority of Android users’ software installation, a good antitrust lawyer would be helpful. I’ll bet that faxing a bunch of documents to #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/usdoj" rel="tag">USDOJ</a></span> and various states would suddenly cause Google to decide that Element doesn’t violate their policies anyway.<br /> <br /> (Someone said it was “Boomers at Google that don’t understand federation”, but first of all, I’m certain that most GOOG employees are far younger than you and I, and secondly, I’m sure someone at Google understands federation, though they obviously dislike not being in control. Google Talk was federated with #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/xmpp" rel="tag">XMPP</a></span>, while Google Plus was basically #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/diaspora" rel="tag">Diaspora</a></span> with federation stripped out.)3356363http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2021-01-30T21:34:32+00:002021-01-30T21:34:32+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2021-01-30:objectType=thread:nonce=8a5897d1e4649db8