Why internet silos win – On my Om: Moreale, who has eschewed all social media services, pours a glass of cold water on the current excitement and hoopla around Mastodon, Fediverse, and the decentralization of the Internet. When reading his post, I found myself nodding my head in agree... explodingcomma.com

@petebrown I don't quite get the idea of "owning your data" online, or of thinking that any online storage is "permanent," or that the big silos are a special problem in this regard. Every bit of data I keep online using any service could disappear today if the service went belly up.