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@polotek Hmm, a right to what? A right to have some say in how my data is spread? I don't think that's unfair.

It's already been said down thread, but I don't think the issue is federation itself. The fedi isn't just Mastodon, and most users are aware of that. But Bluesky, like Meta, is very different from an Akkoma or a Misskey. The venture capitalists behind both Meta and Bluesky build wealth over data mining. I can see why that would upset some people, especially because it's not clear that blocking the domains would fully stop data from getting vacuumed up. Many folks came here to stop giving their data wholesale to corporate hell social media companies. I think that makes sense.

Furthermore, I have yet to understand why this guy couldn't have made it opt-in. Why would centering consent have been so impossible, especially given the position he has placed everyone in? I, like many others, just don't think it's fair that folks should have to potentially take major actions like moving instances, starting an instance, etc just because of something they never agreed to.