It’s not being mainstream that causes enshittification by itself, it’s corporate control.
That’s the beauty of federation, there is no easy way for a single entity to become dominant.
I’m not saying it’s impossible for the fediverse to enshittify, but it seems to me that it probably won’t. We’ve already shown that we’re resistant to corporate “embrace, extend, extinguish” strategies.
It’s not being mainstream that causes enshittification by itself, it’s corporate control.
That’s the beauty of federation, there is no easy way for a single entity to become dominant.
I’m not saying it’s impossible for the fediverse to enshittify, but it seems to me that it probably won’t. We’ve already shown that we’re resistant to corporate “embrace, extend, extinguish” strategies.