@japananon @boilingsteam @MoeBritannica
>lizard shedding its tail kind of thing
Yes, this is a plausible scenario. But if they do "exit to community" instead, the system will probably collapse, because as you say it is designed to be centrally managed. Regular users have no idea how it works. So much for censorship resistance.
Compare it to fedi where the knowledge required for maintaining infrastructure is widespread.