Switzerland runs a lot of these buses. Also trams, normal buses , trains. For those people in the U.S., it's a very effective and efficient system called public transport.
The business mentality demands competition and unlimited growth, which encourages 'next big thing'.
The fediverse motivations are not necessarily business. So we can define what we want from it.
Also licensing out the VHS format to 3rd party manufacturers also played a not insignificant role in beating Betamax. More conpanies making more VHS machines won a lot of the battle.
On a completely unrelated point, how can I browse/list all the communities on a separate iinstance from the one I've subscribed to?
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