What if Meta's hidden objective behind the Threads-to-Mastodon initiative is a play on app.net? And, what if threads.net is a measured step towards what could be the greatest pivot in all of tech?

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't think we can outcompete them, not when they will probably be pouring money to take over somehow. Before anything else we need to make sure we won't get swallowed.

The Steam Deck is great but it was made by a huge corp with huge money, not volunteers.

[–] nix@merv.news 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

We can, open source projects can move wither because of less bureaucracy. We can also do things they will refuse . For example mastodon can add an optimal for you page that is a chronological feed where 1 in every 4 posts is a post based on your likes or the most upvoted posts from a lemmy community you follow or the most liked post that people you follow and people they follow have liked.

There’s probably more things people would live that they would never implement because they want to force something else on us

[–] dameoutlaw@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

It’s refreshing how honest you are and I like the ideas you have. You’re right people use what will benefit them most and not cause too much hassle