ericfloJun 24, 2023
Am I living in a different planet from the rest of the commenters here? We have much more to gain from this than they do.
Show threadccunixJun 24, 2023

Not really no.

The process of “embrace, extend and extinguish” has been used multiple times to destroy FLOSS projects from the inside.

Of the top of my head:

  • Kerberos
  • Office formats
  • XMPP

I’ve just got back from a run so my brain is not fully connected, so others can give other examples.

Meta do not want to join the party for fun. They want to join because it is the only way they can smother it.

Show threadKissakiJun 24, 2023
Can you elaborate on them? Stating just the names requires you to already be aware of how they were taken over.
Show threadKaldoJun 24, 2023
I recommend checking this article out https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html
Show threadCowbob45
They've been doing this for a long time now. Thanks for the info my friend I will make sure to spread that page around and make sure everyone knows about this dirty tactic that big corpos use to kill competition.
Jun 24, 2023 at 11:34amWeb