Provider-Exclusive: “There is only the app of my provider.”

Provider-Centric: “There exist other apps, but the one I’m using is the main one.”

Service-Centric: “There is no main one and I’m trying to use the one that fits my ideal the best.”

Protocol/Ecosystem-Centric: “There exist other protocols/ecosystems, but mine is the main one.”

Fediverse-Principle: “There is no main one and I’m trying to use the one that fits my idea of an open ecosystem the best.”

Current state of different web2 apps:

  • kbal@fedia.io
    4·
    3 months ago

    Why’d mastodon, lemmy, pixelfed, and friends disappear in the last frame? They’ll remain distinguishable even after fedi takes over the universe. It’s the others that will be obsolete.

    • blue_berry@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I don’t think that this will ever really be the case. Even if ActivityPub became public standard, there would always be other protocolls and different extensions/versions of ActivityPub. And that’s good, because only then can ActivityPub continue to develop, if we have an abstract idea to compare it to. And that’s the Fediverse for me.