Lol

Apparently its from a group called the Insitutie for Network Cultures, which at least looks like its been around since the earliest days of what we used to call decentralized microblogging https://networkcultures.org/geert/2025/01/30/join-global-switch-day-on-february-1st-2025/.

Reminds me a lot of leftists who speak of “when the revolution comes” for decades and never even try to organize their workplace.

What devs would ever consider such a clearly bad idea?

None that have any experience whatsoever. Maybe a college intern with more ideals than smarts.