Daniel Gultsch on Nostr: One of the arguments Meta/WhatsApp have made in favor of opening up their client to ...
One of the arguments Meta/WhatsApp have made in favor of opening up their client to server API instead of true server-to-server federation is the ability to fight spam.
While this argument may or may not have been made in bad faith (I’m sure c2s also gives them more opportunities to track users, sell ads and stay in control) it is true that federated protocols have a massive spam problem. We see this right now in XMPP, ActivityPub¹ and (obviously) E-Mail!
¹: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/111953045633249137
While this argument may or may not have been made in bad faith (I’m sure c2s also gives them more opportunities to track users, sell ads and stay in control) it is true that federated protocols have a massive spam problem. We see this right now in XMPP, ActivityPub¹ and (obviously) E-Mail!
¹: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/111953045633249137