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Indeed. There must be safeguards to prevent something like this, the incentive is too strong. Kinda like what GPL does to the code.
by H8crilA 4y ago
Indeed. There must be safeguards to prevent something like this, the incentive is too strong. Kinda like what GPL does to the code.
- hardcopy 4y agoLike decentralization? That's the main reason I am now on the Fediverse (via Elk + self hosting), because a billionaire cannot just scoop it up and change the rules of the game.
- account42 4y agoFor the Freenode -> Libera.Chat move the operators seem to have learned this lesson and set up a nonprofit with shared governance to prevent a takeover/sellout by a single person. Perhaps the community that will move out after this takeover will be smart enough to do the same.