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[–] JaymesRS 156 points 3 days ago (62 children)

As long as the fediverse has a barrier to entry for most people of mandating choosing a server first, it will never become the mainstream choice.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (20 children)

Yeah, things requiring choosing a instance like, say, email, are doomed to fail

[–] JaymesRS 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (15 children)

I’m guessing you meant this sarcastically, but you may have been right for the wrong reasons. Look at this graph, by the metric of the way the fediverse works that is a failure. Apple and Google are massively dominant because people don’t want to think about it and most just go with their phone os maker who makes them create one when setting it up, and there is no fediverse server equivalent to that.

a graph of email users by domain. apple and gmail dominate.

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

Wow, I wouldn't have thought that Apple Mail is more popular than Gmail.

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