Hypothetically, they could implement some internal api and open Reddit to the fediverse no? What would happen then? (I’m sure they won’t because they want the money… but I’m just speculating…)

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    1 year ago

    Then we’ll be able to see their communities and posts without having to give Reddit ad revenue, so they probably won’t do that unless they are really desperate. Even if they attempt something like federate their posts as links to their site, instance owners could just defederate with them, then we’re back to square one.

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        1 year ago

        That’s not gonna happen. ActivityPub isn’t controlled by Reddit, and instance owners are free to defederate with Reddit if they so choose.