what you are saying is true if you entirely ignore the power of a majority market share and the demand that puts on small developers.
even if it’s not universal demand, all you need is a slight majority.
see what happened, for example, with xmpp: https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html
no, defederation does not “just” do those things
defederation refuses to give them an in to slowly make changes to the platform that will eventually give way to a centralized power dynamic over the whole fediverse
see also: the chrome/chromium monopoly and its effect on the modern web
no of course not, third-party apps and unpaid mods have been supporting reddit for ages though 👍
if my securely generated password to example.com gets leaked in a data breach, my only options are to ignore the leak or regenerate all my passwords with a new master password?
i don’t think this works for me
exactly my point–neither of these (excellent) sites will show up in your standard google search because they have the integrity not to abuse SEO
wish i knew, maybe something with AI?
the reality is that current-day SEO isn’t even Optimization, it’s Lying. try googling a recipe or an alternative to a popular software and see how the first four pages are all ad-ridden, useless spam-bot articles designed to retain users rather than give them the information they are looking for
SEO as a concept needs to die. dont get me wrong i want Lemmy to show up in google results but doing that by spamming keywords and unrelated “related” posits is not the move
honestly we should have collectively realized way earlier that putting all the useful, readable, un-touched-by-SEO help content for basically every niche hobby fandom and ideology in the hands of one for-profit entity was not very wisdom-pilled of us
i am confused what OP wants to happen, i would probably say this is a change for the better that i would not mind for the sake of privacy?
just like subscribe to some ppl or something like,