And it's not like people and espechally businesses are unwilling to pay for good tools, cuz not only is HootSuite still around, but @tapbots, who made the excellent TweetBot nowadays make @ivory, an excellent #ActivityPub client with focus on #Mastodon that people are willing to pay a #subscription for!
- And from what I could see from users who pay for it, they are not just happy, but it also looks and feels better than #TweetDeck in it's golden days...
Like: There's not much of a technical reason something similar to @zulip 's #TUI - based client could exit.
- Obviously #proprietary platforms - (just like #Shitter even before #ApartheidEmeraldBoy took over and speedrun it into becoming a #NaziBar) - will try to passive-aggressively stifle such #clients, but still...
If people can build #bots for shite like #discord, #Telegram, etc. then why not make an actually good client ???
... and then it goes exactly where I expected, but with a frankly surprising level of candour;
"There is no grey area and rarely any edge cases to consider. Your [community] adopts a mantra that the people you’d like to gather around your community love to hear: You share our beliefs on what is fundamentally moral, ethical, and right, or you leave. If they choose to stay, you ban them. It’s as simple as that."
One word; Gloriavale. This is exactly how they operate.
Again with the "Nazi bar" trope.
This is a sensible strategy for a very specific situation. It's a business, with an owner and staff. It's an-person situation. It's a socialising space, intended for people letting off steam. It serves highly poisonous beverages which temporarily (and then permanently) make people brain-damaged.
People often extrapolate from this to a web forum or chat room, or even more so a whole decentralised network. They clearly have no idea how silly this looks.