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Nintendo's new music app is a clone of YouTube Music.
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Having multiple instances is confusing until you realize that you just ignore it and it doesn't matter. The problem with federation is that it isn't immediately apparent what the benefits are outside of "not Reddit" - the sign up process also didn't make it clear what the differences between various instances were, if any.
They really need to just fix the truly awful onboarding process.
Multiple instances are confusing because they matter a whole hell of a lot, and understanding exactly how instances federate things to each other is absolutely crucial to having a good experience on the fediverse.
Anyone who thinks it’s simple or doesn’t matter, or makes that annoying comparison to email really just don’t understand how the fediverse actually works.
That's my point really the whole thing is overly confusing and not all that interesting.