@polotek Well, yeah, that is sort of the thing. Everyone thinks they're the right person, especially companies, they sort of create around being the steward of whatever product they are selling.
Companies do often win the conversation, it's why fedi is so small and Instagram, Twitter and the rest of its ilk is so big. Of course, usually at some point money drives the better interest of everyone else right into the ground and so we're back to making something new. It's why I think it's especially reasonable to be wary of corporations. Hell, the entirety of the copyleft part of open-source is entirely designed to keep companies very far away from foss software, to differing levels of success.
Companies do often win the conversation, it's why fedi is so small and Instagram, Twitter and the rest of its ilk is so big. Of course, usually at some point money drives the better interest of everyone else right into the ground and so we're back to making something new. It's why I think it's especially reasonable to be wary of corporations. Hell, the entirety of the copyleft part of open-source is entirely designed to keep companies very far away from foss software, to differing levels of success.