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Bluesky and Mastodon users are having a fight that could shape the next generation of social media (techcrunch.com)
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[โ€“] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Bluesky:

  • Protocol is maintained by the same people who make the app and is developed on GitHub.
  • Instance that was the only one for such amount of time is hosted on Amazon AWS, with domain bought on Google Domains. Does not support IPv6.
  • Mobile app is not distributed on any of the open app stores, just Google Play and Apple AppStore.
  • Weak non-copyleft license not protecting the software from turning closed source and not making users sure they actually use open source version.

Wow, such decentralization.