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The great thing with the fediverse is that a big company can run its own forum/microblogging instance and therefore communicate with their customers while maintaining full control over their content. (kbin.social)
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No need for them to chase the next big platform like reddit/facebook/google+, and no need to create "official accounts" on each.

I see that DJI has a sub on reddit for example, but you need to register an account on reddit to post there. With the fediverse, you as a customer need only one account and you could access the instance of multiple companies. DJI could run its own instance, make their rules, federate whoever they want, (will probably allow respectable instances only, like what kbin aspires to be) and that's it, they don't have to adapt to the changing rules of reddit, of twitter, of facebook. They have one point for publishing, with full control over it, with video, firmware downloads, tech support, etc.

It's so much easier for them. A perfect neutral territory, no weird jurisdiction, no worries of being muted by a Trump for example who would impose a boycott like he did on Huawei.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I just had a horrible idea... what if Microsoft offered you the possibility of creating a federated account for you, on their own instance, for free, for example as you install Windows or activate a Microsoft service somewhere? Microsoft would carry the most weight around all instances, by default.

Omg, I created a monster!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That would be horrible and I'd have switched to BSD quicker than the screen would load on the Windows Install prompt

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

You switched from BSD to Windows???

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