• Serinus@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    People misunderstand what federation needs to do. Email is a great model.

    It’s fine to have big providers. What federation does is limit the fuckery possible. Imagine what would happen if GMail started charging $8 a month.

    Having the option for competition doesn’t mean you have to use it. It’s enough that it’s possible.

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        9 months ago

        If you go to another domain (or even one of your own), you can still talk to all the people who use GMail.

        Maybe GMail should choose to defederate, so GMail accounts would no longer be able to receive from or send emails to non-GMail accounts. Then maybe they could trap people and charge more.