So far no one has come up with a business model here that doesn't rely on either a constant influx of cash from investors or advertising (which usually includes surveillance). I fail to see what makes the twitter alternatives - besides Mastodon - any different and any less liable to end up the same way once investors grow tired of pouring money down that particular drain while another group of investors sets up the next money pit.
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So far no one has come up with a business model here that doesn't rely on either a constant influx of cash from investors or advertising (which usually includes surveillance). I fail to see what makes the twitter alternatives - besides Mastodon - any different and any less liable to end up the same way once investors grow tired of pouring money down that particular drain while another group of investors sets up the next money pit.