“Threads is deepening its ties to the fediverse, also known as the open social web, which powers services like X alternative Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Flipboard and other apps. On Wednesday, Meta announced that users on Threads will be able to see fediverse replies on other posts besides their own. In addition, posts that originated through the Threads API, like those created via third-party apps and scheduling services, will now be syndicated to the fediverse. The latter had previously been announced via an in-app message informing users that API posts would be shared to the fediverse starting on August 28.”
“on its own” is an empty qualifier. Nothing is on its own.
Sure, to be pedantic, I could clarify: “I think the fediverse will realistically never gain mainstream adoption without a large organization with either a massive existing userbase or the ability to invest in large organized marketing efforts.”
This could be technically through some Fediverse collective that receives a large amount of donations, but I don’t see this as very likely to happen and even with organized marketing efforts there’s no guarantee of effectively converting this into adoption.