• Qazwsxedcrfv000@lemmy.unknownsys.com
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    1 year ago

    They are already big. They have the users. They have the content. That is why they stay afloat with their ad business. That makes them valuable. It does not hurt if they are really sharing the treasure trove with us (which does not appear to be case after all if Verge is right). Rather laughably, you can say they have hurt us enough they can hurt us no more.

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      1 year ago

      Sorry for being unclear. What I meant is:

      These actors play nice until they are too big to ignore [as a presence in the fediverse].

      When they run the most and the biggest popular communities on their instances, do most of the development, offer the best tools and services in the fediverse, they have become too big to ignore.

      If they then start playing dirty, it is too late to defederate them. They will play dirty. Let’s not make ourselves dependent.