A compiler doesn't have to make the exact same output, nor does an LLM have to make differing outputs, and a compiler uses someone else's code to transform your code into something else.

At least they use your data to make a model that's open weight

Good, maybe people will stop using it and switch to an open-weight Chinese model

Then censor their identities. The reality is they're trying to push the narrative that they didn't abuse children, and if they released it that narrative would be completely crushed which would be far more devastating for the government than what's happening right now.

If its viewable then it will be a lot more difficult for idiots to argue that the Epstein files is a hoax

https://nitter.net/realUpScrolled/status/2022787667654537686#m

And then they immediately got a surge of new users, well played Google

As far as I'm aware they don't have a great security track record: https://soatok.blog/2024/08/14/security-issues-in-matrixs-olm-library/

I'm okay with a few crawlers, but not what's effectively a DDoS attack by AI companies who abuse my resources generating terabytes of traffic and crashing my server while costing me money. I use Anubis now, which sucks from an accessibility standpoint but I'm not dealing with their malicious traffic anymore.

Yes if it's tunneled to your self-hosting setup. With CGNAT you have to use similar services if you want to self-host.

Stoat and Matrix do fine with that model.

Having checked a year ago and checking again now, their UX has barely improved and the GUI is still significantly worse than Discord. They need some sort of monetization strategy for funding and leadership that isn't a shitshow so that they can make something that people will actually want to use.

Engaging algorithms is the reason people stay on proprietary services. Fediverse users love to shoot themselves in the foot talking about how algorithms and AI sucks then wonders why people don't want to switch

There's a billion other reasons Trump deserves the death penalty including committing multiple genocides.