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How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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[–] 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Well, that really puts things in perspective.

At Microsoft, this strategy was called "embrace, extend, extinguish", but it's important to realize that it isn't a practice that's exclusive to Microsoft.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Is Facebook/Meta attempting something similar by making Threads compatible with Mastodon?

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Once they achieve any saturation and market share, watch as they "extend" and "Improve" with proprietary things, that is where M$ was when People finally noticed and cared. The real problem with the metastization of the fediverse if there are means to extrapolate the ID here using info available via Failbook to a FB profile.

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