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How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
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This blog post by Ploum, who was part of the original XMPP efforts long ago, describes how Google killed one great federated service, which shows why the Fediverse must not give Meta the chance

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[–] pinwurm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Given growth, it’s pretty much inevitable that certain instances will need funding to survive.

Besides donation drives like Wikipedia, I can definitely see a world where small governments get involved.

Places like Estonia, Israel and Iceland that want to cheaply promote their tech industries and cultural content. Things these countries are doing in centralized spaces like Facebook - but now with more control.