hedge to [email protected]English • 1 year agoDiscord, Twitter, Reddit, and Tumblr have something in common and it's not goodwww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1205arrow-down10
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoWe’re not free from it. If the fediverse took off and ISPs somehow ganged up on the activitypub protocol to force it to make money, some larger instances are going to crack, that’s what I mean.
minus-squareJupdownlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoI don’t understand - why would ISPs gang up on ActivityPub? How would it force larger instances to “crack”? Are you saying that they would ramp up costs for utilizing the protocol specifically? Wouldn’t that go against Net Neutrality…?
We’re not free from it. If the fediverse took off and ISPs somehow ganged up on the activitypub protocol to force it to make money, some larger instances are going to crack, that’s what I mean.
I don’t understand - why would ISPs gang up on ActivityPub? How would it force larger instances to “crack”?
Are you saying that they would ramp up costs for utilizing the protocol specifically? Wouldn’t that go against Net Neutrality…?
You’re 100% correct.