How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) écrit par Ploum, Lionel Dricot, ingénieur, écrivain de science-fiction, développeur de logiciels libres.
A warning and a perspective from an insider who has been through this before.
then extends it using proprietary means, they have full control over how the protocol runs in the network.
No, they don’t. Everybody on the fediverse has chosen the fediverse despite facebook/instagram/twiiter already existing. If Meta launches a product on the fediverse, the people (users and developers) already here will most likely block/ignore it. The above statement is only true if people try to remain compatible with those extensions, which nearly everybody on the fediverse has said they’re not interested in doing.
The Office example is a much better one because the end user doesn’t have the choice of which software to use, their employer (and sometimes the wider industry) does. But on the fediverse, we can ignore any corporate extensions.
No, they don’t. Everybody on the fediverse has chosen the fediverse despite facebook/instagram/twiiter already existing. If Meta launches a product on the fediverse, the people (users and developers) already here will most likely block/ignore it. The above statement is only true if people try to remain compatible with those extensions, which nearly everybody on the fediverse has said they’re not interested in doing.
The Office example is a much better one because the end user doesn’t have the choice of which software to use, their employer (and sometimes the wider industry) does. But on the fediverse, we can ignore any corporate extensions.