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Then why is Meta facilitating it?

I actually expect it matters fairly little to meta either way, it’s basically just a fun add-on to their service, but it’s good for federation as a concept.

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helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Most likely to comply with the Digital Markets Act. Same reason they’re adding interoperability to WhatsApp.

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- CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Wow, nobody had actually brought that up before. It looks like it has been around long enough that could actually be the consideration, having begun the process of becoming law in 2020.
  
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