And it's a big big risk for them. Most people don't understand how risky the fediverse is. There is a lot of personal information on this network that anyone can mine. If they open up, then they will be responsible for managing systems and users that have not agreed to their terms of service.
@1dalm @mattburgess You would think that, but what if they petition the government to *actually be* a common carrier? And sure it possibly won’t work in the United States, but this is practically what they do in India, where they restrict the Internet to only be Facebook if you get a phone through their third-party.
Do you make agreements with a common carrier?