At this point Microsoft could use the .odf standard and people won’t notice that and they will be using MSOffice anyways.

Only a fraction of us would use LO or OO or anything compatible.

They even use System 76 hardware.

Better solution is a simple, selfhostable ID server that communicates with AP (and others decentralized platforms).

If I need to buy a domain to get my username, I would going to self host my system directly.

Jami

It is peer to peer, no need to register any number nor email and username isn’t mandatory.

Just install, configure and share QR codes to add your contacts.

Friendica needs more love.

It has the potential to be the fediverse app, allowing users to curate content from any other ActivityPub platform in one app only. Do you want to see and interact with communities from Lemmy and photos from PixelFeed? Do you want only Mastodon and PixelFeed? Or Lemmy and PeerTube?

I know you can do that with other platforms, but they maintain their own content visualization, like viewing a Lemmy post in Mastodon looks odd.

I like the idea of separate tabs to see different content the right way.

Also, it’s easier to install. I remember the old days when Friendica used to be in Softaculous and other auto installers used in shared hostings.

Data collection doesn’t bother me too much. I’m not going to install their client and all of the behavior trackers that come with it, and my activity pub content is already freely available to query on the internet. If they want it, they already have access to it. Everyone does.

I will be able to follow and see friends’ posts and sports teams’ posts through Mastodon without needing a Meta account nor install their shitty apps.

All I posted via fediverse is public already, traveling into some obscure instances, so I don’t care if Meta uses or shares my public posts.

We need something more simple compatible with Lemmy for hobbyists and for those who don’t want to be all day setting up things every time.

I also was thinking about my own personal instance, because I want to see everything federated and then choose what I don’t want to see, but everybody’s tutorial is different.

Man, I miss the good ol’ times with “upload via FTP, run the “install.ext” file in a browser, setup database credentials and then you have it”.

Fediverse needs single-user applications.

Kobo has a good support for alternative OS software and they are good.

Most likely the new internet. That, where every website was created with money in mind.

That screen looks sexy