I can't personally imagine a world where large services go to allowlist, we've not seen them be overly blocky with their denylists, it would be very odd to see any large service move to allowlist.
In general the larger they are, the more permissive they are, I think that's a natural and probably desired result.
Federation is a privilege, not a right.
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