With all the talk about the details of the manifesto, one thing we seem to mostly only mention in passing is federation with Google, and I'm curious to gauge the opinion of people on this list.
We are going to affect a lot of users across the network on 4th January as we effectively disable federation with Google. Some will inevitably be outraged, as they are unable to speak with their friends and family members. Some will herald it as a step forward in transitioning people away from servers with poor communication security. Technically, as a server developer, it would be possible to continue to allow Google domains as an exception (this isn't possible with a simple white/blacklist because of Google Apps hosted domains). Would this be a positive or negative step to take? While thinking about users, let's not forget Google. If there is any chance of them continuing to federate in any way, pushing them away right now may not be our best move. Regards, Matthew
