Edit: is it just that they are a German company?

Yes, they are.

Often times there’s just no reason to package a web app into an app container.

I don’t know if Merino wool is the best use case for BIFL.

My take on wool: Wear it as long as possible, patch it and recycle or upcycle it when the time comes, and buy something that’s 100% wool instead of having synthetics mixed in, so it can be composted after use.

I think there should be an alliance of instances that defederate from any instance that federates with Meta.