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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 20-Jan-2023 17:46:35 JST Aral Balkan

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   • Thom Holwerda

   @thomholwerda Because initially they have the potential to make some good money.

   And because, sadly, there aren’t many alternatives where independent/small orgs can actually make a living without pitching their tent to some trillion-dollar corporation or other.

   Because capitalism.

   • Thom Holwerda (thomholwerda@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Friday, 20-Jan-2023 17:46:43 JST Thom Holwerda

     I feel for the developers of Twitter applications - especially those that made a living from it - but it does show once again that relying on walled gardens is a recipe for disaster.

     But for some reason, people never seem to want to learn this lesson.