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[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Sadly, yes.

What it comes down to is that any product or service with a profit incentive will inevitably betray you, no matter how good or how well-intentioned it started out.

Our only saviour is open source, self hosting, and federation.

It's why ownership rather than rental is the model we should all individually be pursuing.

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

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