At least one interoperable PDS has come online, and the network later folks seem entirely aware of the single point of failure that their “firehouse” model suffers from. More importantly, their entire value proposition isnt “were not Twitter”, but rather “if we become evil you should be able to pack up and go elsewhere.”
It’s fashionable on Lemmy to bash Bsky, but the difference really is comparable to the old GNU Hurd project vs Linux. The two most successful FOSS systems ever (Linux and git) took a sucess-first, share-later model while an opinionated actor in charge. I dont mean to argue that this is philosophically better or appropriate for all projects, just that there’s precedent for FOSS starting less open than it eventually becomes.
At least one interoperable PDS has come online, and the network later folks seem entirely aware of the single point of failure that their “firehouse” model suffers from. More importantly, their entire value proposition isnt “were not Twitter”, but rather “if we become evil you should be able to pack up and go elsewhere.”
It’s fashionable on Lemmy to bash Bsky, but the difference really is comparable to the old GNU Hurd project vs Linux. The two most successful FOSS systems ever (Linux and git) took a sucess-first, share-later model while an opinionated actor in charge. I dont mean to argue that this is philosophically better or appropriate for all projects, just that there’s precedent for FOSS starting less open than it eventually becomes.