Ironic that they named themselves on a plot about breaking out of a cycle of control, classic Palantir or Anduril vibes too of like “haha movies good where stonks”

Why does one company need to own meetup and eventbrite?

Is that not a monopoly? How does it not violate any anti-trust laws?

Edit to add: how long before we see a fediverse events app?

I, too, am interested in hearing about these supposed shenanigans.

I dunno, I left a couple years ago after they stopped providing .ics, started spamming our members that we were paying for, and then refused to provide us with the emails of our members.

No, but I used to be more active until I saw that they started to increasingly prevent you from talking to other participants, and even seeing who other people are (can't even tell gender or anything) unless you paid for their higher tier. I literally saw it get added out of the blue after years of no such restrictions, and they've only dug deeper and deeper. I couldn't even connect with someone with whom I met just because I didn't attempt to get their number immediately on the spot.

Just join a group, and you'll see. It's so goddamn scummy and nickel/diming.