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laanwj | 2 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +7 
 bluesky is really an example of "decentralized in name only" isn't it

https://community.nodebb.org/topic/7f28b17b-c619-4f0b-879e-a7d61a39ecb2/technically-you-are-allowed-to-run-your-own-pds-data-server-on-bluesky-but-in-addition-to-the-site-silently-unexisting-your-posts-if-you-make-any-interesting-code-changes-when-bluesky-changes-the-pds-code-on-github-they-expect-your-server-whi...
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bitbybit | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Right idea poor execution.
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laanwj | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 as i see it they started off with some interesting concepts and research, then got pressured by VCs to deliver, into becoming just another twitter website clone with a sprinkle of federation theater
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BITKARROT | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 100%. 

VCs just create artificial growth. most don't make it past Series D
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laanwj | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 they do, this whole "scale or die" ideology, plus that they always (by definition) need to capture profit from the entire ecosystem somehow which is an inherently centralizing influence
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Jeroen Ubbink | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It's as decentralized as AWS because they too have many datacenters across the world.
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wet | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 as is democracy.
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laanwj | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 "technically you are allowed to start your own political party in the Netherlands but…"
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laanwj | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 looked into it for a bit a while ago; TLDR it's bullshit:

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yes, you can run your own PDS but you have extreme limitations because everyone connects to their hub (which sets the rules), it's way less decentralized than even mastodon