This is way too simple of a view. It’s about what happens to kbin. Threads will be huge and generate a lot more content. Eventually there will be people joining Kbin just to view Threads content. Kbin’s own content will never match the output of threads. That gives meta a lot of leverage against kbin.
Threads can pull an API pricing trick just like reddit, unless Kbin bends to their will. And since kbin users are just here to view threads content, they basically have to. Who knows, maybe threads will develop a new advertising platform plugin and charge API access for any platform that doesn’t agree to it. To make the money back from “lost ad revenue”.
Of course if you only care about what you see and not the fediverse platform itself, then it doesn’t matter to you.
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