Exactly. Which is why I believe that all this fearmongering is because of Meta’s reputation (rightfully so) rather than because Meta actually has a plan to destroy the fediverse. And it’s not the like the fediverse can be actually destroyed, people can always start new instances at any time.

Ever heard of Mastodon blocklists? I mean defederation has been happening for a while.

But I think that’s fine. Instances should have every right to block instances that they disagree with.