For anyone who lacks the advanced level of age I mean experience some of us have, you should read this Wikipedia page on Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish

I guarantee this is the goal of Meta joining the fediverse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

Embrace, extend, and extinguish - Wikipedia

@joshbressers Microsoft embraced open source without extinguishing it, or attempting to.
@shacker @joshbressers
Because they now found a way to leech off open source like the cancer they once claimed open source is.
@Takiro @joshbressers They've been good open source stewards with vscode and many other technologies.