I’ve never thought about it, how do they make money? I’ve never seen an ad or sent them money.

Also Kbin is a terrible name too. They really don’t understand branding and accessibility in these new “grass-roots” apps.

If they want people to use Mastodon, then make it user-friendly and easy for the general public. I downloaded it, tried it, and was lost/confused on the whole server/instance thing and finding communities etc. Whereas Threads is pretty straight forward, it’s just a Twitter clone. User experience is more important than privacy to the general public and developers need to realise you can’t compromise user experience/ease of use/accessibility.