In theory I guess. But you’d need a ton of funding just to get the server power for that, and there’s no guarantee that users will switch over to your service. And if Bluesky starts turning bad then they could start blocking your instance. Also the users are much more valuable than the data. There’s lots of ways this could fail to pan out. The Fediverse is much more flexible to new instances joining.
True. There’s reassurance in Bluesky plus many open-source endeavors getting that funding, though. One might look at organizations like SDF. There’s millions of insane people out there like me and at least one of them has a big-enough nest egg.
In theory I guess. But you’d need a ton of funding just to get the server power for that, and there’s no guarantee that users will switch over to your service. And if Bluesky starts turning bad then they could start blocking your instance. Also the users are much more valuable than the data. There’s lots of ways this could fail to pan out. The Fediverse is much more flexible to new instances joining.
True. There’s reassurance in Bluesky plus many open-source endeavors getting that funding, though. One might look at organizations like SDF. There’s millions of insane people out there like me and at least one of them has a big-enough nest egg.