If you consider the fact that for some devices it’s available in an unofficial capacity and people choose to run it but also that it still uses Google servers for things like NTP and that there is no guarantee that it’s completely de-googled. It’s understandable… Not to mention that they have an actual risk of stagnation if Google continues to close source more parts of the AOSP…

So, although it could be safe to use now with some modifications, especially in microg and removing any calls to google, it might not be the case in the near future.

I think it’s plenty fine to recommend a specific instance to people. It doesn’t need to be the main one either, it can even be yours:

I would agree. Though I’d personally avoid the main, and suggest them to check any other instance out, or maybe make one in main, and then maybe explore other instances for their particular interests (ie Art, Programmers, Game Dev, Music, Particular Culture, Particular Country, etc)

Not really. Probably because Matrix can “get away with” recommending some default software

That’s understandable. And would love to expand on this. My ideal way would be something like an intent:link (like fb:,ig:, geo:coo,rds, tel:, matrix: etc) something like… fedi:(host)/(content)? ie fedi:/lemmy.world/post/123456, fedi:pixelfed.social/username or similar?

But things get worse when it comes to Mastodon and Lemmy because usually instances tend to act as both data servers and clients

I think this could be fine, assuming they continue to show where the poster is from, and linking to that instance.

There’s a bit of an issue with that. Re-Centralization. If the grand majority of users are in the “Main” or “Primary” instance, it’s just moving one mass from one to another, without spread… The original problem the fediverse had (around twitter acquisition) was discoverability, I am not sure how much of an issue that might be yet, but it would affect how people across the verse find new things. Lemmy is one of those that thankfully, “just works”, but the Friendica instance where I am seems to prioritize geographically local-first and barely anything else, unless specified… That could be a Friendica-specific issue though… Maybe Mastodon fairs better in this regard.

There’s also a small solution I can think of for this… Does the Fediverse have an equivalent to matrix.to? Matrix.to (and instances of it) just redirects whatever client to whatever room on whatever homeserver. I personally think it’d be nice, if we have something similar, so that artists and vendors and similar, could, in theory, have a one-link to them, and have that also be a QR Code for them on their business cards too. – I do apologize if this sounds corporate, but from where I’m from, if you wanna catch up on events on follow a new artist you, typically they use QR Codes.

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