Comment by goody71

4 hours ago

So the "news" here is they're hosting their own PDS? I think that was the main point of Atmosphere and Bluesky was just a popular gateway to get people into it.

Unless I'm missing something else...

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skybrian  4 hours ago

That's the plan, but to get to actual decentralization, one of the steps is for more people to actually move their PDS's somewhere other than Bluesky.

(They are not self-hosting; Eurosky is doing it.)

  • kevinak  3 hours ago

    You won’t have decentralisation on Atproto because the protocol itself incentivises centralisation.

    • tancop  2 hours ago

      the only true centralized part is the did:plc registry and thats designed to be fully auditable. all canonical data is stored on your pds so if you self host that you get full control.

      decentralization is not about the number of app instances but how easy it is to switch from one to another. on that metric bluesky is already better than fediverse.

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  • dotcoma  4 hours ago

    But... if Waag are not self-hosting, and they're not, how likely is it that normal people will start doing so in relatively large numbers?

    • steveklabnik  3 hours ago

      An important part of how this works is that you don't have to make that choice right away.

      I've been meaning to move to my own PDS for a few months now. Still haven't. Whenever I decide to get around to it, it'll be fine.

    • skybrian  3 hours ago

      I don't think that's the goal? If we got to the point where no service hosts the majority of accounts, that would be a pretty good milestone.

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