Archived version, for posterity.
Take note Bluesky fans: Your “benevolent” controlling nonprofit can quickly become a for-profit if enough cash is thrown at the governing board…
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The constant hate i see for bluesky on Lemmy and the seemingly irresistible urge to constantly trash it feels not only unwarranted, but also sad how bitter so many people here seek to be.
While not bitter in particular, it is disheartening to see yet another VC-funded social network gain traction, especially under the guise of freedom and decentralization it doesn’t fulfill in the slightest.
Sadly, marketing works, and people just flock to where the ads lead them. And the wheel of Internet history takes a turn over and over again, as people are doomed to repeat their mistakes.
To address the blue sky comment. Yeah sure it’s possible but at the same time so what, it’s a protocol like activity pub. Obviously you don’t have a problem with that.
So if blue sky goes tits up then everyone can just go to some other plant form without having to lose all their content. So it’s fine.
Meanwhile openAI despite the name was never open source. Not that I really know what that would even look like for an AI.
I don’t think anyone else runs a BlueSky server right now except for BlueSky. At last not one with any substantial amount of users. Imo this makes BlueSky a lot less resilient compared to Lemmy or other federated social media.
Take note Bluesky fans: Your “benevolent” controlling nonprofit can quickly become a for-profit if enough cash is thrown at the governing board…
Mozilla and Firefox too…
Except Mozilla has declining revenues.
Possibly even less money in the future if the Google antitrust suit bars them from paying Mozilla to place their search engine first.
I mean, that can be even worse IMO, desperation can be just as bad as greed, even if the motives are very different