Lemmy started out by building their own protocol, which was totally justified for their reddit-like rating and all the potential feature sets - then they switched to AP. The best way to make it impossible for VC to capture a project is by staying small and fractured, like Zot and ZAP.
The Fedi relying so much on AP is a death-knell.
The Fedi relying so much on AP is a death-knell.