@Gargron by many accounts (pun) those are seven years well spend :-). Many happy returns

@darius surveillance capitalism is fairly specific form of commercialism. The question is whether the fediverse can be free of commercial motive of any kind. I believe the answer depends on scale. As a niche project between tech savvy individuals spending hobby time it could be a profit-motive free zone. But as a replacement for mass social I struggle to see how that could be. Even if entirely funded as public good there will be friction around procurements. Life is not simple.

@darius its never been easier to build weird and interesting stuff with tech, but so far at least nothing has touched large numbers of people. The broader open source movement is still essentially unknown to the multitudes. This keeps lots of things unresolved because the potential issues remain dormant.