I don’t think protests work and sometimes I roll my eyes when I hear about them. But it’s just because I’m disillusioned, and far be it from me to stop anyone from trying.

And wear sunscreen.

Breaking Bad. Nobody better fuck with me, yo.

Meaning different communities can set up their own Lemmy servers and they don’t necessarily have to be part of the same federated network, in case there are unresolvable conflicts.

I mean it’s not any different from how email works. You decide on an email provider that you want to use, and then you can send messages to other people who use other email servers. It think it just seems difficult because it’s different, but it clicks once you get into the right mindset about it. If Lemmy becomes big then a few larger providers will probably surface and be the go-to for non-technical people (c.f. GMail, Yahoo Mail, etc).