Doubles as a dad joke.
"Private equity always finds a way"-Jeff Goldblum
Its interesting that they plan to profit off of the Fediverse but they aren't paying for running instances themselves. At least they aren't now.
The only thing that is actually valuable in all this is the data generated by Fediversers themselves though, lets say 90 percent, and a nifty container around the content to make it more viewable/accessible/prettier, 10 percent.
They want to make profit off of memberships and probably ads, off of Fediversers content, and then they can leverage and monetize their new "social network" by some astronomical valuation in the market.
Good playbook, its been done many times now by Reddit, linkedin, Facebook, and all the rest, and maybe they will pull it off, but after more than 10 years of Social Media abuses, the Fediverse is filled with people who no longer want to be exploited in this way anymore. How about just paying for some instances, or supporting some FOSS projects already in the works?
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The Fediverse is both everywhere and nowhere. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!
A gentleman of great inspiration.
Yes it would be monetized, by a swimsuit calendar of each Lemmy user.
"And in his business expense reports, as prescribed by law, was the leasing of and proper payments for intellectual property and patent leasing, which went through the proper banks of Murkwood and other financial centers, unfortunately leaving 0 taxable income."
But Lord Sauron has been 100 percent transparent, you can trust him.
puss in boots
Rainbow Nose Condoms. I'm sure they will express themselves, especially if they have the microsoft logo.