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AFAIK Piefed also basically hardcoded a block of their instances (this is what I read from one lemmy.ml user who took a look at the code, take that with a grain of salt). Well, I say hardcoded, but it's python - you can easily change any section of the code, especially one that's just a list of URLs. But it's still the default behavior.
It's default defederated, but any server can remove them. That's all.
It's a switch that's presented to the admins as they go through the instance setup process. It's defaulted to on, but it's not like it's even hidden in a setting menu somewhere
There is a lot of misinformation surrounding that though. For one thing, Lemmy.ml is not defederated by default. Hexbear is, but only if the admin chooses that, hence it is not a "hard-coded setting", as anyone who knows how an if() statement works would realize. The statements I saw had more lies (whether intentional or otherwise) than truth about them.
Which is why I personally blocked the entire Lemmy.ml instance - it's not worth my time sifting through all the huge piles upon piles of disinformation to find tiny little nuggets of truth: I am not that desperate for content.