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submitted 1 year ago by Dirk@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

In opposition to this post ... Name your most favorite upsides of software being federated.

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[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

The obvious ones - that it's not controlled by a single company, that you share data between instances.

[-] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Definitely. Following the shitshow of the API termination from Reddit, conscious Reddit users are now probably aware of that major advantage of federation in comparison to centralized.

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