Look at Linux’s popularity over the years. It is absolutely climbing. FOSS hasn’t even peaked yet lol
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acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 week agoi have accepted that most of the internet will be a vicious cycle of enshittification. go to cool new site, site gets too popular for its own good, monetization kicks in, site now sucks, rinse and repeat.
FOSS stuff like lemmy and mastodon just will never get past the first step, which is fine. they will just occupy a separate niche.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
TacoSocks@infosec.pub 1 week ago
FOSS stuff like lemmy and mastodon will never get past the first step, which is fine. they will just occupy a separate niche.
I wouldn’t say never, but fedverse projects will need to find ways to smooth off the rough edges. Also the more enshittifcation happens the more I think people will be willing and able to get past the rough edges. If any one of the services breaks through and becomes mainstream, it’ll provide a roadmap to success for other services and people will be more comfortable with the concepts.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
FOSS is the final destination after people get sick of capitalism ruining every other app/site.
People usually don’t go back to shitty products unless they have no choice. Linux users don’t go back to Windows. I’ll never use an Adobe product again. Etc.