One of my biggest frustrations with Mastodon is that too many people -- often who aren't developers -- try to control what I can and cannot do.

Quite often these people aren't aware that there's a bigger Fediverse world outside of Mastodon.

These gatekeepers can't control what features are available outside Mastodon.

Not that they can control features inside Mastodon either -- but they seem to be under that illusion anyway.