Handing online servers over to consumers could carry commercial or legal risks, she said, in addition to safety concerns due to the removal of official company moderation.

  • DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    They don’t need to “hand online servers” just publish the API and do one last update to accept self hosting.

    And new releases should always support self host.

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        And they will make sure to continue to not know a single thing about what was said. Ignorance isn’t a valid legal defence, but it sure is a common deflection tactic these days. Law makers have a professional and ethical obligation to become informed on the issues their constituents care about, but it seems like it’s rare to find one that remembers that obligation.