Genuine question(s), kinda beside the point but right next to it:

Won’t the AI companies just spin up a copy of a Fediverse app or just inhale the Activitypub/etc interface and take in all of Lemmy/etc for free anyway?

Like, are we just mad that Reddit is selling it now instead of AI profiting for free?

Are we mad at AI, Reddit, or both?

I’m here because the quality of discussions on Reddit went down the crapper and almost every post was just copypasta. Not because I think I’m going to starve our future AI overlords or get compensated for my posts. I’ve long accepted the internet is an easily exploited resource, that once an idea leaves my brain and is posted online I’ve lost all right to it. And that companies are gonna company and aim for Grofit. Maybe they keep the lights on too is my only hope. Nothing is free in this world. So maybe I just don’t get the concern anymore.