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I use the neostore frontend. Definitely check it out if you want material you

But that's also why it took them so long to stop it.

Lol it's even active. I'm just an idiot

One thing they can collect are boosts. And you better believe they'll try to associate that with an existing Facebook or Instagram based ad profile.

Because they left out the instance.

No but they could all run on a single domain. For example I'm on lemmy.blahaj.zone but blahaj.zone is primarily a calckey (like Mastodon but less minimalist than Mastodon) instance.

I agree I think once somebody makes an honest attempt at an open non-exploitative content recommendation algorithm, big social's moat is completely gone. I do think Mastodon's take that the people are the algorithm is a great alternative, but we definitely need some sort of algorithmic approach in the fediverse.

There's word that Eugene has plans to integrate some monetization features into Mastodon after the meeting with Facebook.

It takes time for these things to get caught up. I would say on the order of the days for a new instance.

The thing that I don't get is that moving everything to the cloud kind of destroys their moat, doesn't it? The only reason Windows has maintained it's place in the OS ecosystem is because people claim everything runs on Windows. I think it really speaks to how far software on Windows has fallen (e.g. scammy nonfree programs being required for basic tasks like managing hard drive partitions) that Microsoft thinks that's worth blowing up. Of course, I understand the justification of Microsoft is a huge cloud player, but why wouldn't they try to maintain OS dominance?

Respawn's other property Apex Legends is fun if you're really looking to save the money.