Any source for that or is it just preemptive cynicism?

I would expect the pirate faction to intervene in EU parliement? Fediverse servers should be such a tiny fraction of overall EU server costs that this should not be a problem at all...

As seen on Red Dwarf.

No idea if this can be secure in any reasonable way, but one way communication based on cheap devices and available frequencies could be quite attractive for activist mass mobilisations, or disaster releasee 🤔

Had the same thought. Being ridden with tungsten balls or just random metal scraps, with normal car roof offering as much protection as a blanket... Chances anyone there survived that are minimal.

Would that factor in the [unknown] costs of that revenue? Running all the servers (incl youtube), offices and staff aint cheap. So more likely some is paying enough to leave 23USD on top of massive costs.

I'm quite disappointed thats not the theme of this article, and my evening is ruined.

Pretty sure there's a bunch of Ukrainians seriously discussing FPV AA rockets by now.

Thats this centralised alternative to Mastodon with a madman admin? Anyone still uses that?

Outrageous. Time to pack her up and head for a obligatory 5 day family rave.

"Basically, we’re in the process of replacing our whole social back-end with ActivityPub,” says Flipboard CEO Mike McCue. “I think Flipboard is going to be the first mainstream consumer service that existed in a walled garden that switches over to ActivityPub."

OK, that sounds good.