Fedi is decentralized and can't be taken over like that. Even if the biggest instances all went bad, you'd still be able to keep participating however you like on a smaller or solo instance and the worst they could do is defederate you.

This is the right way, but you will have to deal with FOSS devotees grumbling because your software doesn't meet the OSI's definition of open source.

I'm torn; ideologically I like the idea of "open means open," but in practice that seems to result in corporations taking endlessly from FOSS while giving little to nothing back (or giving nothing but bug reports). How do projects like Blender get away with it?

Zoboomafoo's got competition.

Fluffiest cactus I've ever seen.

I love how the magpie keeps looking back at the LEO like "Is she still there...? Aww man, she is!"