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Re:Bluesky announces data federation for self hosters by jakebsky on Thursday February 22, 2024 @05:21PM (#39474132)
Reddit destroyed Apollo so they could inject ads into the Reddit experience.

Bluesky doesn't have the ability to do this. There's no API key to revoke that could stop someone else from running parallel apps/infrastructure/etc. The network is completely open.

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Re:Bluesky announces data federation for self hosters by Repulsion9513 on Thursday February 22, 2024 @05:22PM (#39474147)
Reddit had ads long before they destroyed Apollo. Thanks for providing additional evidence for my point.
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Re:Bluesky announces data federation for self hosters by jakebsky on Thursday February 22, 2024 @05:33PM (#39474258)
Sure, but Apollo made it easy for users that didn't want ads to use Reddit without them. Destroying Apollo removed that ability for most people.

I'm about as anti-ads as it gets but I don't object to other people using apps with ads in them, if that's their choice.

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