Interesting thought by @riskybusiness on his latest podcast: what would happen if someone like Google set up their own Mastodon instance, and it became like the Gmail of Mastodon.
I recognize that a lot of people who have been around would have concerns, but... it's the kind of thing that could happen.
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@mmasnick @riskybusiness I just assumed that was the eventual, inevitable, end of the success of the protocol-over-platform paradigm.
But I'm sure a thriving open and free subset will continue to exist too so 🤷♂️
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People will always dislike paying for services they like, especially when a free alternative by megacorp 6 exists. As is the way under capitalism, somewhat inescapable. At the very least it'll end up like email which is so so, better than current but not federalised.
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