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.
Nice article. Its the same problem with all the other frontend apps that don’t work because the API changed. Facebook will have the most users, but if they break compatibility, just defederate until if they support the entire protocol again.