Thank you for explaining it, I think you're right. Not sure why they wouldn't explain it to me, I can't read minds and that's an interesting conversation.

They’re not going to be compelled to fix it until it’s an active problem when there are a lot bigger problems sitting around that are easier to fix.

Which is even more reason for all the big instances to not federate, but it's their choice. All these smaller instance, weekend hobbyists are going to feel the pain. At least meta says they're going to integrate slowly. We'll see.