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Transferring it to someone else isn't that simple. I mean, I guess it can be if you're willing to hand it over to some random stranger with zero vetting.... and then hope they don't do anything malicious.
Ideally, you'd want to hand it over to someone trustworthy. That takes work.
There's two entire months between this announcement and the fuck-you date.
How long should it take to vet someone?
Would it really be worse to let a flawed bastard take over, versus deleting everyone and all their content?
How would you pick a successor?
A flawed bastard might be a government. Given that the US is in full fascist mode, I personally would consider deleting everyone's content the fast, easy, and secure option. Although, not necessarily the best option for the community.
Divine right? Lob a scimitar at them? 🤷♂️
The US government running its own Lemmy instance would not be worse than any established instance suddenly disappearing.