I think it’s pretty safe to say that the majority of us are here to avoid another corporate takeover of our preferred platforms. It would seem to me to be a tad irresponsible to allow Facebook into our space with open arms, allowing them to hoover up our data. I would love to keep using Lemmy.world, but will happily change instances if need be, and I feel many share that sentiment.
The difference between a conspiracy theory and an actual conspiracy is evidence.
Remind me again why Zuck was called to testify before Congress?
Actually that was a rhetorical question. But here is a video you all need to watch.
https://youtu.be/G272R50v6ww
The way I see it, Meta and Zuck are a far far stretch from deserving either trust or benefit of the doubt.
Wait and see, sure, but I can be defederated while doing the waiting.
If for some magical reason, it turns out great, then we can just refederate once they’ve proven themselves.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/G272R50v6ww
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.