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Big companies aren't taking over the fediverse.

The fediverse is taking over big companies.

phryk 🏴

@evan That is one incredibly naive take and it is deeply worrying to see it from someone in your position.

Capitalism has unabatedly invaded and monetized every facet of life it could for longer than I can remember…

To take an example from just yesterday: Docker.

But also GitHub with its Pilot AI.

The FOSS space is getting progressively more monetized, which is a feedback loop giving more power to those with more money. This is not a good development.

@evan And that's even before considering how RSS, XMPP, <keygen> and so many other promising technologies essentially got killed by corporations.

Or how Google almost completely hijacked web standards.

@phryk one possible reason is that someone in my position might have thought about this much much more than you have, and it might be you who needs to spend more time considering the topic.

Good luck on your journey!

@evan

Literally my entire interaction with and work on FOSS is based on thinking about this.

I have been active in the space for at least 20 years. The arguments of the pro-corporate positions here aren't new to me.

I have also noted a strong trend of people with these positions being well-off financially.

I would posit you're lacking insight into the lives of people who aren't that privileged and how technology affects them directly and indirectly.