I don't really get all the pessimism. Even if folks are right in saying there'll be a bait and switch, this is people moving to a new platform en masse. If Bluesky goes to shit there's more reason to believe users would just move again.

In the meantime, as members of the fediverse, we should be using Bluesky being "decentralized" as a way to ease people into actually decentralized platforms.

[–] jaredwhite@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

I can tell you right now nobody's on Bluesky because it's "decentralized" because the evidence is clear, it's not in practice decentralized lol.

This is all a bloody waste of time. I really wish I could just fast-forward two years into the enshittification when everyone realizes they got duped by Big VC. Again.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Is Bluesky decentralized in any meaningful way? If the company dies, could the service live on?

[–] damon@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Define decentralisation

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 3 hours ago

If the company dies, could the service continue?