What does the constant use of 'ecosystem' to described closed technical architectures tell us?

"..It is seen everywhere but experienced almost nowhere. It’s surfaced so often to suggest but instantly cauterise our longing for another way to build and experience the internet.

But that’s useful. We can use it both to see what’s really there and to suggest what might yet be made."

https://crookedtimber.org/2022/12/08/your-platform-is-not-an-ecosystem/

trying out activitypub

https://wrapping.marthaburtis.net/2022/12/02/trying-out-activitypub/