> or I will forever be stuck on one other guys server, right
This is valid criticism at the moment.
There is work being allocated on fixing this issue, with multiple protocol drafts, but it might take a year a two before you can finally transfer accounts between servers.
I meant to say that it is not more federated than email: sure I can write to anybody using any service but my @gmail is forever bound to googles service.
In my mind a true federated service would allow me to move my stuff from one place to any other place, kinda the way I can move my domain to a new host.
> or I will forever be stuck on one other guys server, right
This is valid criticism at the moment. There is work being allocated on fixing this issue, with multiple protocol drafts, but it might take a year a two before you can finally transfer accounts between servers.