@thomasfuchs I'm not disagreeing, but I don't think I got the intended meaning of "there is no software scarcity". I thought there was a lot of demand, which is why managers always jump on *anything* that promises more+cheaper, and often end up being essentially legally scammed one way or another. What did you mean by it?

@simonbs Kind of difficult to not root for the scrapers. Please, scrape each other even harder, anything that makes this whole thing collapse a little quicker.

@linuzzz @PixelProphecy They're more than welcome to stop driving away their remaining users.

@taylorlorenz The most important part for me is that this is not yet another "cloud app" where one entity controls everything: your account, what you see, the client applications, etc., but a protocol, where you can use whatever compatible software you want, even multiple.

It makes feature rollout difficult, but it's a massive safety feature in my opinion. If Mastodon gGmbH did something highly unpopular, all this software can feasibly choose to ignore it. They *cannot* force it on everyone.

@davidrevoy To be fair, the last panel (and related plumbing) is the most appropriate location for it

@sundogplanets I'm sure nothing could possibly go wrong with that. Completely risk free with no drawbacks whatsoever.

@GossiTheDog "refusing to tell regulators which data sets"

In what world is this not criminal, and why are we living in that one?