I fortunately do not participate in that group, but I did see a's running commentary. I'd give JSON-LD a shot now, where I probably would not have before (because the Rabbit was so deeply opposed back when they were working on Pleroma).
But even then, if you build a for-profit business on limitless and zero-price services from an upstream non-profit organization (with its own companion for-profit entity.), you already know that your FPE should be generous in your support of that NPO.
Personally, even when I considered WP Engine, I wondered how they got away with using that name. Does anyone remember when Mastodon declared some rules for anyone using "mastodon" in a domain or subdomain? Putting one's organization (especially a business org) in a position where a trademark infringement claim could be filed by your upstream is a major blunder.
Being blocked from the upstream project's servers because you don't contribute back to the upstream project is sort of the ultimate slapdown. It is calling you out for being a freeloader.
(I think Eric Mann said they didn't contribute back enough, whatever that is. Maybe that's relative to the load on the upstream for downloading updates.)
A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing.