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• Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Every single component have 3rd party implementations or an alternative which doesn’t depend on them (standard account DID lookups go through their servers but web DID is fully independent).

  The protocol literally doesn’t allow them to be gatekeepers.

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  • uis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The protocol literally doesn’t allow them to be gatekeepers.

    Authentication is heavily tied to their servers

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    • Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You can initialize your account with your own DID key using web DID instead of the current (technically placeholder DID) and you won’t be dependent on their servers for authentication. Especially in the federation sandbox that’s available for 3rd parties

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      • uis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        From what you say I can approximate how it will go. First perpetual in-dev federation, then once they get enough people, they will say “not enough interest in federation” and stop development or pull the plug completely.

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