How is it a ridiculous hypothetical? The proposal made was that these people now need a platform to move to, if they’re not going to use big tech, where do they go? Building a whole new architecture and platform is a bit out of scope. If your answer is that there is no other platform, then just say that.
You’re just creating ridiculous hypotheticals. It wouldn’t happen overnight and it wouldn’t happen without any other changes.
How is it a ridiculous hypothetical? The proposal made was that these people now need a platform to move to, if they’re not going to use big tech, where do they go? Building a whole new architecture and platform is a bit out of scope. If your answer is that there is no other platform, then just say that.
I just told you in the next sentence of the comment you just replied to.