@dansup Meta is a public company. That means it has shareholders. It has a fiduciary duty to those shareholders to maximize profit.

The fediverse as it exists is one of if not the greatest threat to traditional centralized social media. That is a problem for a company that owns a few centralized platforms. Simply, Meta is not going to support it out of the goodness of their hearts. They are the biggest player in the field, and they intend to keep it that way.