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[–] sznio 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think most people worry about a Embrace Extend Extinguish scenario.

I predict this:

  1. Meta comes out with their own mastodon server, open source and free
  2. They extend it with a boatload of features
  3. Instance admins switch to the Meta implementation in order to be compatible
  4. Once enough admins are reliant on Meta, kill the open-source server and go closed source