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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/111952522554020850">Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 21:39:23 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" title="aral@mastodon.ar.al"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/theme/gnusocialjp/default-avatar-stream.png" width="48" height="48" alt="Aral Balkan" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Aral Balkan</a><div><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/notice/5419107" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/112894" title="h3artbl33d@exquisite.social">h3artbl33d :openbsd: :ve:</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/118679" title="nuuskis@fosstodon.org">Nuuskis</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/213281" title="thomholwerda@exquisite.social">ThomSPARC IIIi</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/243549" title="romu700@mastodon.social">Romu</a></li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@Nuuskis">@Nuuskis</a> <a href="https://exquisite.social/@thomholwerda">@thomholwerda</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@romu700">@romu700</a> <a href="https://exquisite.social/@h3artbl33d">@h3artbl33d</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp">@signalapp</a> It means that simpleX is for sale for the highest bidder (that’s what it means to take venture capital). So who’s going to buy them? Elon Musk? Peter Thiel? Microsoft? Google? Or the public in an IPO, after which their fiduciary duty will be to maximize the profits of their shareholders. Once you take VC, your social mission isn’t privacy, etc., it’s profit.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2731671#notice-5419108">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-02-18T21:39:23+09:00" title="Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 21:39:23 JST">about 9 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/111952522554020850" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.ar.al via ActivityPub">mastodon.ar.al</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/111952522554020850">permalink</a></footer></blockquote>

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Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 21:39:23 JSTAral Balkan
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@Nuuskis @thomholwerda @romu700 @h3artbl33d @signalapp It means that simpleX is for sale for the highest bidder (that’s what it means to take venture capital). So who’s going to buy them? Elon Musk? Peter Thiel? Microsoft? Google? Or the public in an IPO, after which their fiduciary duty will be to maximize the profits of their shareholders. Once you take VC, your social mission isn’t privacy, etc., it’s profit.
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