• odama626@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I came up with what I think is a pretty good explanation when trying to explain the beehaw fiasco to a friend last night, here it is copy pastad

    Think of it like cell service

    You have TMobile, I have Google fi

    But we can still talk because they both use 4g

    But then Google fi blocked TMobile so I can’t talk to you anymore

    And if I want to be able to talk to people on TMobile and Google fi I would have to transfer my service to att

    But also, the service is free to setup and run on your own

    So instead of 3 or 4 big cell carriers there are thousands

    Also, some added info: Also, with the fediverse, when you transfer service you can take your data with you Just like you can take your text messages and phone number with you Fediverse meaning all the apps that work this way, like mastodon and Lemmy (at least those two one have data transfers I think)

    Edit: can’t transfer account

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      1 year ago

      You can’t move your account to another instance atm if that’s what you mean.

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      1 year ago

      It’s kind of like I have gmail and you have protonmail but we can still send emails to each other. Conversely emails from “@nigerianprince.com” will probably get spam filtered or blocked and you may not be able to communicate with them.