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Morality and ethics are two different things. Ethics department is probably mostly about protecting them from internal lawsuits and whatnot.

That’s absolutely NOT the whole point.
The main point is to avoid vendor lock-in, and monopolistic abuses.

If you make a pixelfed account somewhere and want to follow Lemmy conversations, you’ll have trouble for a number of reasons.

That’s a chicken-egg problem.
A double-edged sword is something that could hurt as much as it helps if you’re not careful.