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minus-squarecatastrophicblues@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoYou’re severely underestimating the budget Meta can throw at this. Mastodon/Lemmy/etc. right now are largely volunteer-run as opposed to full-time employees.
minus-squareokiokbar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoThat argument suggests open source products couldn’t possibly compete with a closed-source alternative.
minus-squareMarxine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoThey can compete of they have the manpower to do so. Lemmy has literally only 2 devs. How many devs can Meta pay to work on Threads and outpace it?
minus-squareokiokbar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoThreads isn’t a Lemmy competitor - it competes with Mastodon
You’re severely underestimating the budget Meta can throw at this. Mastodon/Lemmy/etc. right now are largely volunteer-run as opposed to full-time employees.
That argument suggests open source products couldn’t possibly compete with a closed-source alternative.
They can compete of they have the manpower to do so. Lemmy has literally only 2 devs. How many devs can Meta pay to work on Threads and outpace it?
Threads isn’t a Lemmy competitor - it competes with Mastodon