What are the practical benefits of the fediverse? - eviltoast

I don’t fully understand how lemmy works completely yet. But for example I made an account at Division by zero and subscribe here to post. Is it not just a more inconvenient version of making a reddit account and being able to post practically anywhere?

Also what’s the difference between making an account at one instant and just making one centralized account for the social media?

  • beebarfbadger@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    One plus is that it takes more than one autocratic greedy wannabe tyrant to enshittify your entire experience by forcing ads upon you while taking away all the good but not ad-delivery-optimised tools.

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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      10 months ago

      It’s a lot like email really. If the 14 MB of storage hotmail once offered wasn’t enough for you, switching to the 1 GB of Gmail may have seemed appealing. If Google seems a bit too creepy for you, consider switching to proton or something.

      If the admins of your current instance don’t like your cat memes, feel free to move to another one where cats and dogs are equally appreciated.