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“It’s not fair to compare to Mastodon because Mastodon has been around for years and Bluesky has just been released.”

Actually, Bluesky has been in development since 2019.

That means it’s 3 years younger than Mastodon, and 1 year younger than ActivityPub’s validation by the W3C.

There’s also the matter of BlueSky receiving $13 million in funding while Mastodon receives $32,000/month from Patreon.

All things considered, it’s @Gargron who’s the underdog here.

The other way to look at is that *this* is what they’ve built after four years in development and $13 million in funding.

Chris Trottier

Of course, I realize that most people don’t care that this is a non-profit going against a Silicon Valley-funded corporation.

For the same reason most people don’t care about whether their food is organic vs. factory farmed.

But to those who do care, that should give them context about who builds what and how.

@atomicpoet
Organics (and I'm not convinced they're any better than the alternatives) have a direct effect on the consumer's pocketbook. I think no one has a number on the tangible costs to consumers when their data is sold.
The latter is the principle. And if my person were up for sale I should at least get a cut