great thread, and also this is just the way things go: a variety of small, indie biz pave the way -> megacorps acquire and fuck em up -> users tolerate -> gets worse -> users revolt -> a variety of small, indie biz pave the way market concentration is bad, & it's also fragile
people will need to embrace small biz to afford these services, which they’ll need more than ever thanks to ai, which opens the door to (hopefully) more independently owned alternatives. you will just need to get used to paying for software like you do patreons/newsletter— but for a mutual vs adobe
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