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Re:Why isn't Bluesky a peer-to-peer network? by brabel on Monday January 22, 2024 @06:50AM (#39088489)
> The point is to make social media providers replaceable

And how is that a sustainable business?

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Re:Why isn't Bluesky a peer-to-peer network? by detourdog on Monday January 22, 2024 @07:20AM (#39088690)
Not paying close attention but I thought the problem being fixed was that twitter was a business and blustery is designed as a protocol.
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Re:Why isn't Bluesky a peer-to-peer network? by _Algernon_ on Monday January 22, 2024 @08:46AM (#39089449)
The same way that any healthy market with competition is. The companies providing good services are sustainable, while those unable or unwilling to compete aren't.
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Re:Why isn't Bluesky a peer-to-peer network? by that_guy_iain on Monday January 22, 2024 @09:39AM (#39089960)
Any healthy market with competition builds a wall of vendor lock-in. The aim is always easy to adopt hard to walk away from.
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Re:Why isn't Bluesky a peer-to-peer network? by binary132 on Monday January 22, 2024 @08:48AM (#39089468)
"How could a business succeed without trapping its customers?"
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