Regarding:
"Bridgy Fed was originally supposed to be opt-out, but so many people on ActivityPub based networks went bonkers with the notion that it somehow infringed on their privacy"
I wonder what percentage of people on the Fediverse they are.
0.0000001%?
0.000001%?
Because, I suspect they are not the majority.
I suspect they are an extreme minority whose preference seems hostile to the vast majority of people on the Fediverse.