The SteamDeck uses Linux. It took 20 years, but it’s still something.
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AlexisFR@jlai.lu 3 days ago
Guys, it’s time to accept the Fediverse apps and websites are not meant to and never will be a replacement for mainstream social media. They are meant for a hobbyist and activist audience.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
AlexisFR@jlai.lu 3 days ago
That’s true, it is built on the work of open source precursors, but it is not an open source product in itself.
Another comparison should be Mastodon vs Bluesky.
For Reddit and Facebook, something similar is still pending.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
The Reddit-style text-based forums are becoming more and more of a niche market.
People nowadays scroll videos on TikTok and IG, almost nobody is using Reddit itself
rglullis@communick.news 3 days ago
Longer than that. The GNU project started in 1983. Linux first release is from 1991.
And they would be nowhere if it was not for IBM, Sun and Google pouring billions into it.
korendian@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That is pretty depressing then. I always viewed the fediverse and activitypub as a transformative technology that could reshape the state of corporate control of the internet. What you are saying that that will never happen and we should just basically give up.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
The SteamDeck uses Linux. It took 20 years, but it’s still something.
AlexisFR@jlai.lu 3 days ago
They are trailblazers for sure, but I don’t think they should be made into full blown mega corpoi, that is not the philosophy of open source apps.
korendian@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Where have I said that I want them to turn into a full mega corp? All I am hoping for is enough success to be useful for people. Like Mastodon and Lemmy are already. Like blue sky is.
rglullis@communick.news 3 days ago
Let’s stop with the slacktivism and start putting money on the table, and professionals of all specialties will show up and change this reality.
dehyzer@piefed.social 3 days ago
I honestly consider that to be a feature, not a bug.
Reddit, Facebook, Twitter etc. all started out great, then grew so large that they lost all their magic.
Why should we try to speed run that process with the Fediverse?
korendian@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Was the smallness the magic? For me, I did not notice or care about the size. It was about personal connections first and foremost. The feed was full of your friends posts, and nothing else. Then they all started going all in algorithms, trending/engagement, advertisements, bots, and AI, and it all went to shit. In other words, corporate profit seeking is what ruined it, not the size.
AlexisFR@jlai.lu 3 days ago
That’s part of my point, yes!
SorteKanin@feddit.dk 3 days ago
I don’t think that’s true. That’s just defeatism talking.
AlexisFR@jlai.lu 3 days ago
I was not meaning it in a fatalist way. Precursors are important, but should not turn into the big product themselves.
SorteKanin@feddit.dk 3 days ago
But you’re not saying it’s just “precursors” - it sounded like you were saying the fediverse will never become mainstream. Never is a long time, I would say.