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Yea, it is clear if there is just one closed-source app. But if we're talking XMPP/Matrix - they have multiple open-source clients, even if some of them does introduce scanning, no way it wouldn't be forked to remove it.
If a messaging service is non-compliant, the government could theoretically take action with court orders against domain owners, server owners or pursue anyone hosting a node in case of a distributed setup. In a worse case scenario, they might instruct ISPs via court orders to block these services (e.g. The Pirate Bay in some countries)
Yeah let's have them block github. I kind of want to see a federated git hosting platform integrated with the fediverse
This has actually been my dream for some time now. Not AP/Fediverse since that is built for social networks, but some platform that federates decentrally and functions closer to GitHub/Forgejo. Ideally with the ability to fork repositories across servers and the ability to hook up hosted runners github style. It would be an absolute dream to have a platform that lets anyone explore projects from any of the other nodes and build upon them.