We all know about how Reddit closed-sourced back in 2017 and will be killing off third-party apps this July, what will Lemmy.ml do to avoid facing the same fate? Reddit started off like this (open, aiming for freedom) and it all went downhill from there.
Okay so they would have to write their own website that supports ActivityPub and is compatible to lemmy :)
And unfortunately, those companies have a huge leg up. They’ll generally be the ones to write ads and tracking into the server. They’ll get the investors money. They’ll make the flashy ads they play on Facebook and TikTok.