Frank Müller 🌻<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> has been invented to connect independent servers based on common protocols. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mail</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRC</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NetNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetNews</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Web</span></a> and so many more. Why do so many people use single providers for these services, i.e. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gmail</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>x</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discord</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medium</span></a>?</p><p>Please, take care for independence. Don’t only use those big players and think of multiple provider environments like the <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> .</p>