@h @s1r83r a lot of apps happening is not that surprising with the exploding popularity, I'd say.
dansup also quite often announces collaborations with other people (like hazel here, welshpixie from mastoart, etc.) and none of them have come to any kind of result, and the reason for that is usually not the other party.
Especially combined with all the recent things and how he only seems to retaliate if his funding is in danger, it seems like he is mostly in it to make money out of this.
@h @s1r83r Considering the ""jokes"" of wanting to build a fedi ad provider (and more), these things just line up too well.