@atomicpoet @Sbectol Google was always going to dominate search of the Fediverse early on, but one of the main reasons why this hasn't been successfully tackled by someone else is because of ideological resistance. I've seen more than one search related project shut down when people objected, but this idealism isn't good for the Fediverse long term.
@atomicpoet @Sbectol Absolutely. From this perspective tho, how do you think people not federating with Meta will work? Unless the vast majority of servers deny access, it will only serve to disadvantage those that do.
@atomicpoet @Sbectol Totally. That's the benefit of the Fediverse. Large-scale adoption of a Meta/Alphabet Fediverse instance (and you blocking it) would increasingly mean shouting into a void tho. You mightn't miss pictures of Aunt Jill's breakfast, but Aunt Jill and other Average Joe users of the instance won't be able to benefit from your knowledge. Your influence reduces as the instance grows in popularity. It's essentially self censorship. Tho at the discretion of each instance of course.
@gr0k @Sbectol My point exactly. This idealism results in Google extending their monopoly into the Fediverse.