Why Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking future | TechCrunch
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Consumers are hungry for a new way of social networking, where trust and safety are paramount and power isn't centralized with a Big Tech CEO in charge...

The mission-driven tech company behind the Firefox browser, Pocket reader and other apps is now investing its energy into the so-called “fediverse” — a collection of decentralized social networking applications, like Mastodon, that communicate with one another over the ActivityPub protocol.

  • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
    191·
    1 year ago

    They have to start somewhere. Mastodon is the highest profile app in the fediverse and it’s best to capitalize on Twitter imploding while the dregs are hot.

    Don’t worry, Reddit will do something stupid to get in the headlines eventually.

          • themusicman@lemmy.world
            11·
            1 year ago

            I’m not hopeful. Video hosting is a different ball game, and free video platforms only exist due to the deep pockets and “users now, profit later” strategy of big tech.

            The only way I see it working is where creators pay for the hosting costs of their own content and monetize on their own terms.