Okay, so you're getting out-competed in the market. Pay proper wages, invest in innovation instead of executive salaries, and take a slimmer profit margin to help your customers.
It is - in fact, it's Melroy's own instance (which is why it's still kbin, developed by Ernest). He's developing his platform, yes, but it's the ActivityPub commits that I'm interested in.
I have a choice - pay for that, or pay for food, clothes, shelter, and the esoterica of existence - including debts that I got myself into stupidly because I trusted someone I should not have. There's no amount of the money I need to live which I'm willing to expend on that.
I get where you're coming from, but I don't entirely agree. We don't need to measure everything by a success rate or a KPI. Even trees that don't thrive can leave behind root systems that retain better soil and whole ecosystems that can make it better for the next tree there.
That looks like KSP.