It would tie in better with the email analogy, and it could show that they all just provide access to the same network.
What do you think?
It would tie in better with the email analogy, and it could show that they all just provide access to the same network.
What do you think?
But Burger King and McDonalds are the same type of entities.
Fedia.io and Lemmy are different. Your example would be “Lemmy as a Piefed provider”, or “Feddit.org as a feddit.uk provider”
Fine, “I choose Burger King as my hamburger provider but I expect to be able to access a Big Mac from Burger King unless they are defederated.”
Ok, have it your way then
“I use Vodafone as my phone provider. Can’t call people in North Korea because they cut that connection. I might have to choose another provider that still allows me to call there”.
Yeah it’s even worse than that.
fedia.io is a specific “provider” in this context. fedia.io runs on mbin. Lemmy is analogous to mbin. Many “providers” run on lemmy: lemmy.world, lemmy.dbzer0.com, lemmy.wtf, etc.
What is being provided is fediverse access. “Fediverse” is not my mostest favorite term, but it’s the one that’s most accurate.
There’s a discussion on [email protected] about a name for Lemmy/Mbin/Piefed, as they are actually compatible. Mastodon and the others always feels a bit finicky. Feel free to contribute.