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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€“] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The issue, at least for me, is proprietary software. The protocol is open and the company seems to be non profit, both big plusses, but there is no reason whatsoever to make the software proprietary imo. Federation (depending with whom) is only good if one can use non proprietary software, otherwise they control you again.

[โ€“] HKayn@dormi.zone 2 points 8 months ago

But the AT Protocol is open, isn't it? Anyone can go ahead and create non proprietary software that lives on this protocol.

I understand your concerns regarding Bluesky specifically being proprietary, but as soon as someone creates an open source atproto server, you will be able to interact with Bluesky users without using proprietary software. It will require Bluesky to federate with instances using such software of course.