• @eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2•2 months ago

      that’s only true for the minority of instances on the lemmverse and the american government likes to use “bread and stick” tactics to force people to do things.

      • LerajeEnglish
        1•2 months ago

        Which will only matter if those instances are hosted in the US, which a lot aren’t.

        • @eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1•2 months ago

          you say that as if the american gov’t doesn’t have a reach outside this country…

          • LerajeEnglish
            1•2 months ago

            At the moment, apart from Russia, you might’ve noticed the US is going through a bit of a sticky phase with its once-friends.

    • NutomicMEnglish
      12•2 months ago

      Even if we sold out, at most they could get control over lemmy.ml and the git repository. Other instances are under no obligation to upgrade to new Lemmy versions, and could switch to a forked project if needed. The vast majority of Lemmy isnt under our control at all (which is the major difference compared to Reddit).