I don't think people are realising the danger the Fediverse is in.
The only thing stopping corporations and VCs taking over this place is that the Fediverse is spread out on many different servers, which makes it very difficult to purchase.
If most of the Fediverse ends up on mastodon.social, which is now a strong possibility, there will be nothing to stop most of it being sold to Musk or Zuckerberg or whoever.
The bigger mastodon.social becomes, the more likely a buyout is to happen.
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@feditips It's always inevitable this will happen. There's a starting point, and then it becomes too big to manage it alone, and with infrastructure scaling requiring money (let alone paying developers), a business will be made.
No one has to use the official apps, they simply just exist. Mastodon is trademarked to protect the name. If the owner doesn't do it, a malicious person would.