ActivityPub isn’t the only way to be federated. Email is federated. Email isn’t ActivityPub. Matrix is no different.

ActivityPub is only one of a number of federated protocols.
One notably unsuited to instant messaging.

share the info natively outside the platform.

I’m not even sure that makes sense.
Federating is based on protocols not platforms. And what does it mean to share natively if not using the protocol?

Waiting for pizza

But we already have tacos.
If you say “Tacos are coming soon”. And we already have tacos. I’d say “What do you mean? Tacos are already here. Do we need more tacos?”

That’s what I mean.
The headline is a lie.

ActivityPub isn’t the only way to federate.
Matrix is federating the same way email does. Anyone can spin up their own server. And if they want anyone can spin up their own software. That’s what federation is. Different servers agreeing on how to communicate with each other.

I thought we already had Matrix

If America and Mexico [started] an all [out] “WAR” against the cartels [what would it] look like?

First: your comment appears to be a reply to them not me. I think that’s where the confusion came from.

Second: You seem to be conflating listening to ideas with supporting them.

Third: Blocking places with bad ideas doesn’t silence the people there or eliminate their ideas. It contributes to their isolation and echo chamber. Often more then yours. You in fact end up helping make them worse. Which of course is worse for everyone.

The former often feels like the later.
Even more so when you’re not used to it.

Building an echo chamber isn’t something done intentionally. Well… Sometimes it is.
It’s most often created by avoiding people you find annoying, toxic, etc. As long as you keep up that reasoning you eventually only interact with people who mostly agree with you. You’re blinding yourself to counter opinions. The definition of an echo chamber.

According to Google, the idea of replacing current tools with open-source programs would not contribute to economic growth.

Is Google seriously arguing that the money these nations save can’t be added to their GDPs?
That’s what it sounds like. Or am I confused?

You shouldn’t care about their opinions of your personal habits.

They look at you funny:
“Fuck off werido. This is how normal people eat pizza.”