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 Companies like Meta are federating, and Twitter cofounders are getting on the Mastodon non-profit board. Because they see people building this network of their own and grow naturally, and the capitalists think, "How can I make money off this?" They can't fathom something not meant to create a profit for them.  when you regret open sourcing Java because eventually your daughter has to learn it 
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  @RadicalEdward I "had" to learn Java at the university in 1999, years before it was open source. So the argument is moot.  "Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man’s arrest for a crime he did not commit." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/technology/facial-recognition-arrest.html |
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@RadicalEdward what worries me with Meta particularly is the Microsoft style 'embrace, extend, extinguish'. You can guarantee that with enough time they'll find a way to take over. The protocol will evolve according to their requirements and developers will be bought out.