Perhaps activitypub services can be viable as a service. I don't think so, but I hope I'm wrong.
brie
It's similar to when factories got mechanized, and people were promised 2 day work weeks. In reality, the number of high paying jobs shrunk, and wages compressed. That's just the march of progress:)
What keeps your posse on discord?
It's available to anyone who pays. Not limited to nation states. I doesn't concern me much: $10M is out of reach of anyone I'll ever meet.
Are you a mobile dev?
As it appears to me Mastodon is public like Twitter. I didn't know about private instances. Why use this format when there's chat rooms?
What subscriptions do you have?
Thanks, I'll take a look at misskey.
Have you tried NewPipe? YouTube changed the API a few times, and it broke for a day. Otherwise, it's excellent. I had trouble with Google Pay lately, which is really frustrating, I reverted to cash. No trouble with Chrome or Gmail on Android.
What does it say about you if you let idiots have power over you?
M chip MacBooks are pretty sweet. Especially if you want Xcode.
It's a miracle that Google botched messengers, Google+, cloud ('member app engine?). They could have been even more dominant. I still like them more than MS and FB.
Will it lead to the exodus towards Matrix/Element? If I have to pay for messaging, I'd rather cut the middleman.
So you'll be breaking Altman's beak with a baseball bat?