Who owns Bluesky?

[mousey@mastodon.seattlematrix.org]

@rzelnik Pretty sure that's incorrect. Pretty sure ATProto is specifically designed so that all data flows back to bluesky centrally, before being distributed to the rest of the network.

What you're describing is ActivityPub, which has no concept of "phone home" to a central authority or repository.

[ikuturso@mastodon.social]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ikuturso/116085318733368362

@mastodonmigration This might be of interest since you've been asking these questions about Bluesky's ownership. Doesn't reveal any new owners of Bluesky but sheds some more light on one of the major ones we do know of.

[mastodonmigration@mastodon.online]

@ikuturso

Thanks! Knew about Brock Pierce, but not that he was a member of the Epstein gang.

[wjmaggos@liberal.city]

@rzelnik @mousey @ikuturso

please consider that an open protocol did not stop Google from taking a lot of power over the web by becoming the place most went to search it. based on AP already existing and bluesky then rolling out their competing protocol AT that makes everybody using their app view provide the best experience, I think this is their strategy. use VC to dominate the space and make everyone think of AT as the open social protocol with them as the best experience. enshittify.

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@mastodonmigration @blackbird Ethernet and Token Ring are another good comparison.