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@datum Mastodon is distributed at the level of the protocol, not infrastructure. Sure, some people use a server in their closet, but most license hyperscaler infra to host their mastodon instance.
Meta note, we seem to be dealing with a confusion in what the term "distributed" means in this context.
@Mer__edith with all due respect, particularly as I am learning a lot by reading this conversation, it seems you're not aware that mastodon servers are widely hosted on alternative providers, see "Service Providers" chart here: https://fedidb.com/stats
Yet, someone else here mentioned that there's a lock-in in the connectivity infrastructure as well
Somebody please #timewarp me to 1999-01-06 and invent an #IETF #standard #protocol for federated #instantMessaging 🙂
Btw. my local internet club, founded in 1995, does host both #Jabber and Matrix now. No #hyperscaler involved. No #selfHosting needed.
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