I honestly don’t expect them to last more than 3 months.

And when they reach park ripeness, put them in the fridge and they stay good for a few days.

My Bloody Valentine - Sueisfine

This has strong NotTheOnion vibes.

Basically this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

First they will add loads of new users and become the dominant instances. Then, they will add their own proprietary features that other instances cannot support. Finally, their extensions become the new de-facto standard, marginalizing the original implementations.

Since Meta has proven itself to be an evil company that does not act in good faith, it is better to not federate with them from the start.

What if you pay them 20 million dollars? ;-)