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1. Eugen 💀 (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jun-2022 20:39:14 UTC Eugen 💀

   Disappointed to learn Cohost has been started by people from the fediverse. You know what the fediverse is but you learned the wrong lessons from it. Yes, I also think some servers are not operated professionally and blocks often get misused, but that is not a reason to replace a free and open system with a locked down one. I wrote on why decentralization matters back in 2018:

   https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/12/why-does-decentralization-matter/

   • Toni :mastodon: repeated this.
   • Eugen 💀 (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Jul-2022 02:23:36 UTC Eugen 💀

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     I remember, years back now, coming across someone arguing with fervor that proprietary software was better than open source software because it was more secure. It was a culture shock to me, because usually I am surrounded by people for whom the benefits of open-source software are self-evident. I got the same feeling today arguing with some folks who genuinely believe that being locked into a proprietary, centralized silo is actually better than having control over your own platform...

     Toni :mastodon: repeated this.
   • Eugen 💀 (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Jul-2022 02:23:39 UTC Eugen 💀

     in reply to

     Decentralization isn't everything. It's not the goal in itself. There is a long tail of product design decisions that make or break a platform (which is why I find it kind of silly that Bluesky spent 2 years arguing over protocol design, though that's a different story). But that point is that decentralization is the foundation for a viable platform. Without it you're doomed to repeat the path of hundreds of social media apps of the past... Just a different paint on the same exact structure.