To be fair, Meta is the only US based AI player that open sources their models. Fuck meta in general, but it’s hard to say that they are wholly opposed to open source.

Another article I read theorized that Threads launching might have increased the awareness of ActivityPub and softened peoples resistance to the “Mastodon is too hard, not worth trying to figure out” messaging in the media. Who knows though, and there’s probably not a single answer anyway.