In a few months Bluesky will have more users than Canada has people.

If you want to boycott the US, I would say it's better to use Bluesky and make it a strong and viable competitor to X.

So instead of paying Bluesky nothing to commiserate with millions of Americans who hate Trump and the tariffs too, you intend to isolate?

Isolation is indeed the vibe on mastodon. And they get upset when they realize that all their posts are publically boradcast over an open websocket api.

> Bluesky is less attractive right now to Canadians who are participating in the boycott of US products.

How many people are boycotting these US products which specifically includes not using iPhones, Macs, Android and Windows devices?

Out of that, how many are going to bother to choose to sign up to a Mastodon instance that is only hosted in Canada and use it for more than a year? My guess is a very small number of people.

Realistically they don't care and the boycott won't last and the majority are still more likely to sign up to either Threads or BlueSky than to even consider Mastodon.

Boycotts can take on different levels. I'd personally say that if you already own an iPhone, Android phone, Mac or PC, you've already given them your money, but you can absolutely refuse to give more the next time around and buy something from another manufacturer that's not US based. But it doesn't make sense to just throw out your perfectly fine $1000+ device just to "stick it to the man."

Your comment appears to say "if you're not guaranteed a perfect, immediate, and lasting victory, then just don't bother."

This just reads as divisive, dismissive, or destructive.

Please note I'm not saying that you are those things, just that your comment reads like that.