I expect there are very few people running 7, and waaaay less running xp. I think most people have upgraded to 10 or 11 by now.

I don't remember there being a similar CPU generation cutoff before. Your 7th gen intel laptop cannot install windows 11. So Linux is your only choice.

Yeah but half of that is a few nerds inflating the numbers with 10 thinkpads each running different linux distros

I used to work at the CIA. We did 9/11

They're so gross lol

Yeah they want to make it too difficult to bother intentionally unsubscribing.

Federation will become part of our cultural language and people will come over at that point.

They'll start setting standards, other instances will comply, and meta will control (or destroy) the fediverse.

You think we can't get people to join lemmy unless our Genius Daddy Savior Zuck brings them in?

Nobody is suggesting that we destroy Threads. We just don't want to let it control the fediverse.

They will start setting standards that other instances will be pressured to follow. Those standards will be mechanisms to control the fediverse and make it a data-gathering ad & sales platform.

This us exactly the threat. They'll start setting standards that other instances will be pressured to follow. Those standards will be ways to control the fediverse and make it a propietary data-gathering and sales/advertising platform just like everything else.