There absolutely are. And many pay out of their nose for crap they don’t need and is overpriced just because everyone is doing it.

Orrrr drink a ton of it!

All you said might be true. But still, ads work. So well even that we run millions of websites from their earnings. Don’t even start on shows and sports. It’s insane.

How is it different or better?

How can it be a skill issue if you did nothing?

It’s over 9000 by now.

In theory it is a horrible idea. No port like this ever works out. An incremental approach has much higher chance of success but will take long.

It’s perhaps a communication problem, where the privacy settings should clearly state this. Or these settings shouldn’t be offered. But maybe this current structure is fine for most people?

Regardless, it’s how existing social media used to work. In that sense, federated social media can’t offer an alternative and that could be a problem for some.

The wording can be improved, I think “maximising profit” would fix it. Which is obviously what OP meant as we all understand it.

It actually looks like htop. Is btop better?

I mean. He might just be flying around somewhere.