we're not talking about a single line of evolution of protocols, it's about entirely different protocols.

think SMTP (email) and XMPP (instant messaging). one doesn't replace the other.

think IMAP and POP. both serve roughly the same purpose, except IMAP offers a lot more possibilities, but discontinuing either one serves no purpose but prevent communication with servers that support one but not the other.

discontinuing support for Diaspora* or Status.Net or ActivityPub wouldn't make Friendica or Hubzilla better, it would just prevent communication.

imagine if Mastodon implemented AtProto (BlueSky) and then dropped ActivityPub. the former would increase interoperability, but the latter wouldn't make Mastodon better, it would just break compatibility with other ActivityPub implementations. it would fragment the Fediverse. that's what Mastodon did when it dropped Status.Net. it didn't make ActivityPub or Mastodon better, it just burned bridges. it kicked the ladder after climbing it. it's indefensible.

you can try by making up and pulling absurd, baseless arguments out of your hat, but that doesn't look great. it shows not only your ignorance, but also your blind faith on a project that has already shown not to deserve it, and your determination to defend its jerk moves by making things up.

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