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[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can see a world where when the Fediverse/Lemmy grows more, a big corporation buys out the top 10 (or whatever) Lemmy instances, combines them and defederates from all other instances. Add a new frontend, a shitty app, and run ads and et voilà.

The majority of users ("normies") won't switch instances and so the cycle repeats.

[–] Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

You are right. That's awful. Be right back, making my own instance and trying get it into the top ten ones.