[INTPenis]

Yes but it's off by default for a reason, it's not realistic to expect every node to fetch all messages.

This is a catch 22 because the reason fedi is more decentralized is because of the low barrier of entry to run a node, but at the same time that low barrier means it takes less resources because it does not fetch every single message and piece of media.

[alethic]

It's currently on on the flagship instance and will be on by default in the upcoming 4.5 release.

[INTPenis]

Creating more monolithic centralization.

Us small instances can't afford it.