"The protocol [ATProto] doesn't distribute value across the network.
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"The protocol [ATProto] 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.
And Bluesky gets to claim the moral high ground the whole time. "We're open! We're decentralized! You can leave whenever you want!" Meanwhile, the switching cost goes up every day.
Email is an open, federated protocol. Anyone can run a mail server. In practice, running your own mail server is painful and everyone just uses Gmail. The protocol being "open" didn't prevent centralization.
ATProto might be worse. [...] The open protocol is actually a centralization flywheel."