@boris @evan Good response! I buy all of those arguments, and have maybe thought/made them myself (though certainly more crudely!).

A simpler take with a similar spin might be that AP/Fediverse hasn't "earned" being the exclusive and final protocol ... ?

Either way ... I personally suspect your perspective is more representative of the "world's" and what will broadly come in the short-medium term.

Thanks for the perspective/thoughts!