Yes

I understand your viewpoint but you have to realize meta/Facebook has done this before. The best solution to protect Lemmy/mastodon in the long run is to cut the cancer out before it has a chance dm to spread.

Wasn’t Meta part of that as well with xmpp? They should not be trusted.

Switch to a new instance when that happens

Yes. Facebook/Meta is attempting to get in on the ground floor. It’s important to tell people that there are safer, open, free alternatives to Meta attempting to infiltrate this space. Now’s the time to spread the word and stop these corporations.