None of what you've said to support that argument sounded persuasive to me. I think it's a pretty transparent rhetorical sleight of hand to say "the only way things can actually be secure in the long run is for them to be federated the way I want them to be". I get it, you want to run federated systems that you can build your own clients for. The evidence for those kinds of systems being the most private runs strongly in the opposite direction.
Would you like an example that's especially relevant to this thread? Because I can provide you with one.
Would you like an example that's especially relevant to this thread? Because I can provide you with one.