In the next year, the Fediverse is going to become a business. Specifically, in four areas:
1. Web development
2. Web-hosting
3. Account management & customer service
4. Security
Many people won't be happy about this metamorphosis, but for the long-term survival of the Fediverse, it must happen.
@atomicpoet The entire Fediverse will become a single business or businesses will arise as part of the Fediverse ecosystem?
@atomicpoet Yes, I agree with that. Maybe it will be like email where you can buy special server software, management software, client software, hosting services, security services, etc. but the protocol itself is still completely open for anyone to innovate on equally.
@adam The Fediverse will not become a single business, and it can never become a single business.
And I can't speak about ecosystems.
But we need to get comfortable with the idea that someone deserves compensation for providing a service.