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Be Wary of Bluesky (kevinak.se)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by 73ms@sopuli.xyz to c/bluesky@lemmy.ml

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In 2023, Bluesky's CTO Paul Frazee was asked what would happen if Bluesky ever turned against its users. His answer:

it would look something like this: bluesky has gone evil. there's a new alternative called freesky that people are rushing to. I'm switching to freesky

That's the same argument people made about Twitter. "If it goes bad, we'll just leave." We know how that played out.

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 8 points 3 days ago

Every new ATProto app makes this problem worse, not better. Each app tells you "sign in with your Bluesky account", which really means "write more data to Bluesky's servers." The more apps that launch, the more users depend on Bluesky's infrastructure, the less reason anyone has to leave. The protocol doesn't distribute value across the network. It concentrates it. Developers are building features on top of Bluesky's infrastructure for free, making it more indispensable with every app that ships.