• eldavi@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    i wonder what things will be like if lemmy ever gets large enough to warrant attention from vulture funds and the american gov’t

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        19 hours ago

        Even if we sold out, at most they could get control over lemmy.ml and the git repository. Other instances are under no obligation to upgrade to new Lemmy versions, and could switch to a forked project if needed. The vast majority of Lemmy isnt under our control at all (which is the major difference compared to Reddit).

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        1 day ago

        that’s only true for the minority of instances on the lemmverse and the american government likes to use “bread and stick” tactics to force people to do things.