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Who is “we”? This is a slippery slope talking point and nothing more. Fediverse was made with redundancy in mind, so nobodys instance is the “main” one by design. Being scared of someone comming in and being part of the various communities doesn’t mean that the fediverse would somehow get absorbed, destroyed or whatever have you.
There’s some reading for you to do, so that you understand the risks involved with letting some asshat company, who does not give a flying fuck about you, have even more leverage on the internet than they already do.
Who is “we”? This is a slippery slope talking point and nothing more. Fediverse was made with redundancy in mind, so nobodys instance is the “main” one by design. Being scared of someone comming in and being part of the various communities doesn’t mean that the fediverse would somehow get absorbed, destroyed or whatever have you.
We, as in the people who have seen this shit before, and refuse to fall for it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
There’s some reading for you to do, so that you understand the risks involved with letting some asshat company, who does not give a flying fuck about you, have even more leverage on the internet than they already do.