This is mentioned in pretty much every thread but I haven't seen anyone apply the theory to the fediverse. The second step is for threads to create features that lure people over from Lemmy (or activitypub). So are the people saying eee by extension saying they'll move to threads from their current server because threads have a bigger and better development team?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

they'll move to threads because threads will be incompatible with the rest of fediverse (thread essentially defederate themself), and if most content is being posted in threads, they'll move there (since they can't access it from other instance)

this has happened before, such as

MSN messenger breaking compatibility with AOL IM (MSN wins since it got 95% market share)
MS Office doing obfuscation to their office file data to prevent FOSS editor like LibreOffice from rendering it correctly

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been saying exactly this since the news dropped. I fully understand people being worried, but I haven't seen a concrete pathway to damage that doesn't involve meta-hating users moving over to a meta product.

[–] S_204 9 points 1 year ago

Past performance is indicative of future behavior. Simple as that. Meta has proven that at every single turn they will do what's profitable, not what's best for the user.

People don't want that infecting this space.