It’s really important for those of us who’ve lived through previous megacorp attacks on free software ecosystems to TEACH that history.
This article rehashes a lot of relevant stuff in some detail. Regardless of what you feel about the decisions around the fediverse and Facebook, knowing the history can only help.
When we learn from history, we are NOT NECESSARILY condemned to repeat it.
I’m glad the post credits the artist of the image but don’t know if it was used with permission and for some reason the image is at the top but the credit is all the way at the bottom of the post. So in the hopes that more people will see it, https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/110583258129951932