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>>aendru+(OP)
For those not getting the context(like me), this seems to be about the Bluesky Social(https://bsky.app/), a twitter alternative.

>>sidmit+72
Sometimes it feels like companies fund weak competitors to discourage / drown out competition.

>>giveme+Td
Microsoft funded Apple to keep another OS vendor alive, so it's not about discouragement. It's probably a lot cheaper to fund a competitor than paying the gov't and getting tagged as a recognized monopoly