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Federated Github? That's... git.
Federated browsers? Federated hosting providers?
I'm beginning to think you might not fully understand what federated means.
Github is a forge with features like issues, pull requests, project planning, documentation, project sites, and automation, so not really.
You're right. I was thinking more along the distribution side only.
Why not give a crash course for OP? As I understand it, Federation is just one standard of protocol that can communicate across servers. I think OP is referring to Federated here as both the protocol and the movement away from platforms. I think this is a valid part of growing both Federated protocols, and protocols in general as an alternative to big-tech platforms. The major platforms DO offer hosting in a way. People host their photos libraries on Facebook and Instagram. So a non-platform alternative may interest some.
For hosting - get a private VPS and run your own cloud services. Explore RSS for news feeds, a super OG protocol that podcast feeds still use I think.
Web browsers shouldn't be federated because the idea there is privacy, security, and ad blocking.
You can probably host a feed reader & a few other things at home on old hardware & a budget. Paying $5 USD a month on hosting is too much for many people.
Web Browsers are all federated because they communicate with each other over a common standard.
There's also https://forgefed.org/
Interesting!
Maybe just decentralized i am guessing. Like that would just be open source browsers. Not sure for hosting though.
No dammit. I want my browsing activity mixed in with 5,000 other peoples. Am I logging in to my bank or yours? That's the fun! Nobody knows!
That's true anonymous browsing, not only does the browser not know who you are when you visit a website, but you also don't know what account you are logging into.
Sometimes I don't even know who I am while I'm browsing.