Meta's Threads.net sure looks a lot like App.net. Is Meta due for a pivot? The legislation the company supports suggests yes.

What if Meta’s hidden objective behind the Threads-to-Mastodon initiative is a play on app.net? And, what if threads.net is a measured step towards what could be the greatest pivot in all of tech?

  • Falst@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The “as a service” business model is interesting. It may be a good funding path for mastodon, lemmy devs etc…

    • Hello Hotel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Many hate the “as a service” model, you might need to elaborate on how it will be implemented.

      • Falst@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Lots of options here TBH and I haven’t put much thought into it. Providing a service by running and managing software updates, migrations etc…, is one. MongoDB Atlas and Confluent Cloud are good examples of what I had in mind.

        Why do people hate the “as a service” model?

        • Hello Hotel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          11 months ago

          Edit: i dont know how many people feel this way, I beleave this and heard (verry biased, right to repair) people say this before.

          Probably confusion but also abuse of the buisness model. “As a service” implies the recurrant payment is due to the service costing them resources to keep running. People like Adobe are just rent seeking. Also, the idea of ownership vs renting gets blurry.

          Your examples, altho I havent thuroughly looked through them all look to be doing “as a service” correctly