If you run your community or product ecosystem on a third-party platform, you are building on rented land.
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I wrote about this on Substack recently when sharing why I put my own cash into SimpleX Chat. Facebook groups with millions of members get flagged by algorithms and disappear overnight. Telegram channels get shut down with a single policy update.
When you rely on someone else's platform, your audience and your business exist at their whim. Policies change when companies get acquired, investors get nervous or new executives take over.
Real autonomy means owning your keys, your data and your customer relationships directly.
Where in your product or community strategy are you building on rented land right now?
Hit reply and let me know. Read the full Substack piece here.