I 100% agree with every point you made. And no, I do not want that, at all.
I still think it will play out like this though. Just because the network effect, speed of iNnoVaTIve feature development and marketing combined will favor Meta - a combination of “Why can’t mlem app do X?”, “All your friends are here” and banner ads on Insta. The “OG Fediverse” will still exist, maybe even grow - but federation as a new architecture for all Social Media will be off the table.
I 100% agree with every point you made. And no, I do not want that, at all.
I still think it will play out like this though. Just because the network effect, speed of iNnoVaTIve feature development and marketing combined will favor Meta - a combination of “Why can’t mlem app do X?”, “All your friends are here” and banner ads on Insta. The “OG Fediverse” will still exist, maybe even grow - but federation as a new architecture for all Social Media will be off the table.
If it were true that everyone always prefers the largest network, then we would be having this conversation on Reddit.