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What could Lemmy.ml do to avoid becoming the next Reddit after a decade? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by IverCoder@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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We all know about how Reddit closed-sourced back in 2017 and will be killing off third-party apps this July, what will Lemmy.ml do to avoid facing the same fate? Reddit started off like this (open, aiming for freedom) and it all went downhill from there.

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[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm no expert, but my understanding of the AGPL license of Lemmy code is that any modification is legally required to display the modification's source code prominently online. So if I'm not mistaken then they can't close source the code, so long as the devs are willing to threaten legal action (like Mastodon vs. Truth Social)

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Okay so they would have to write their own website that supports ActivityPub and is compatible to lemmy :)

[–] butter@lemmy.jamestrey.com 9 points 2 years ago

And unfortunately, those companies have a huge leg up. They'll generally be the ones to write ads and tracking into the server. They'll get the investors money. They'll make the flashy ads they play on Facebook and TikTok.