Companies have strategically undermined community driven projects in the past many times. We should all keep an eye out for corporate movements in this space. I felt the duty to spread this awareness.
[YSK about corporations’ strategies to kill open source protocols] cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/571039
[https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html]
I saw this in another thread on /c/Showerthoughts. I think it’s important for this to be circulated widely so that the broader Fediverse community is aligned. We don’t want admins second-guessing their decisions when users start infighting. We should be united in our thinking and ready to protect our platform.
Yep, should serve as a corollary to the “cloud is just someone else’s computer” meme.