But you can already see the hurdles of large instance like lemmy.world.
The costs are so immense (probably because of some unoptimized code), the software isnt “ripe” enough that it can be left alone for few months and have it run smoothly. It needs permanent monitoring and maintenance. And that doesnt even go into the moderation issues.
Bezier@suppo.fi 2 months ago
I actually kind of enjoy the “scrappy diy effort niche” thing.
rglullis@communick.news 2 months ago
it’s fine if you want to have it as a hobby. It’s not fine if you want to destroy Big Tech.
Bezier@suppo.fi 2 months ago
Well, I guess it’s priorities. Destroying Big Tech would be pretty nice, but I’m really just here for the community.
rglullis@communick.news 2 months ago
Not to single you out, but this attitude is unbelievably frustrating. Everyone here loves to waste hours of their day signaling their virtue and complaining about all the evils done by the corporations, but so few are actually willing to put any skin in the game. they complain about entshittication from Spotify and Netflix, but religiously continue paying their subscriptions while refusing to support smaller, independent businesses.
matcha_addict@lemy.lol 2 months ago
The fediverse will never destroy big tech unfortunately. In their worst case, they will incorporate it and easily dominate.
rglullis@communick.news 2 months ago
If not completely destroy it, at least make it irrelevant for those who want to avoid it.
The FOSS movement never destroyed Microsoft, but it arguably made it possible for us to live in a world where Bill Gates owned every PC software that we run.