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TL;DR
Federation is not something familiar or comfortable for an average normal person
Until you explain email is federation.
In the imaginary world where Gmail required you to visit Outlook to view the entire thread because it hadn't synced yet, yeah sure they're exactly the same. In the real world the email comparison stops being useful beyond explaining how @ monikers work.
I don’t think I’ve had that problem?