You can't really Embrace, Extend, Extinguish an open standard. Anybody can continue to use the unextended version and that's exactly what would happen if Meta tried it. They can't force servers to update or implement meta-specific features
You can't really Embrace, Extend, Extinguish an open standard. Anybody can continue to use the unextended version and that's exactly what would happen if Meta tried it. They can't force servers to update or implement meta-specific features
Adanisi@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Just like how Google couldn’t EEE XMPP?
0x1C3B00DA@kbin.social 1 year ago
No it doesn't because you can't extinguish a publically available standard when anybody can write their own software. XMPP is the horror story used to warn about EEE, but it still exists. The fediverse is a small network right now. If Meta tried to EEE it, server admins who don't want to participate in a Meta-controlled network would not implement Meta's extensions. The network would splinter into a Meta-fediverse and the actual fediverse, which would be smaller than it is now but still exist as a free and open network that could continue to grow.
They can't turn off our servers, or force us to implement their tech, or stop us from implementing freedom/privacy preserving features.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 year ago
It “still exists” but user adoption is basically zero, which is the opposite goal of open standards.
SCB@lemmy.world 1 year ago
User adoption here is also “basically zero.”
Lemmy is a rounding error in population versus larger sites. It’s a walled garden.