Post B4upWGiqIWhhFTnSKG by _elena@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B4upWG8gSxmRRKsZxw by _elena@mastodon.social
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       RE: https://mas.to/@Aubreader/116330793703168577This article is a must read.An excerpt: “Why would anyone fund an Atmosphere project if #Bluesky, with $100 million in the bank, might ship a competing feature at any moment? Why would a founder bet their career on this ecosystem? The presentation didn't just hurt Graze. It made the entire ecosystem look unfundable.”Why do I keep bringing up this topic? Because #ATproto is often put in the same category as #ActivityPub (“open protocols yay”) but I strongly disagree with that stanceRT: https://mas.to/users/Aubreader/statuses/116330793703168577
       
 (DIR) Post #B4upWGUJAZ4sWOzqfg by lumiworx@mastodon.social
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       @_elena After reading, it leaves me with concerns that are not dev related.1. If there's xlarge $ infusions involved, it means profit will always be 1st, and fuck the tech. They will never care.2. If they'll eat their young once - and don't wince about it - they WILL do it again and enjoy it more aggressively every time.3. Once they have a taste of their own, they'll feed on other's 'outside the family'.They want performing monkeys, not projects with merit.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4upWGiqIWhhFTnSKG by _elena@mastodon.social
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       @lumiworx I sometimes feel like I'm not a good "team player" when I point out weaknesses in the ATproto world. Big elephant in the room: the 100 million dollars in VC money by crypto bros. A lot of people I cherish are all for promoting both protocols (ATproto and ActivityPub), but I remain highly skeptical. And afraid. ATproto gives me big EEE vibes
       
 (DIR) Post #B4upWGvxVlCBu9vvlo by Gargron@mastodon.social
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       @_elena @lumiworx I for one am not one of those people. For me it's ActivityPub only.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4uyYfLobE9fndFAkS by occult@vox.ominous.net
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       @Gargron @_elena @lumiworx Company with +$100m in VC says one thing but does another. They're just doing the Apple "Sherlock" / Amazon "undercut and put the competition out of business" playbook.Who's going to stop them?I always hear about how BlueSky isn't the ATMosphere yet, time and again I see this bad behavior. They will dictate the path forward with their deep pockets.They are incentivized to clone the good community ideas to increase their own value to pay back those VCs.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4vFF0JKexUyEcICiO by mike@thecanadian.social
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       @Gargron @_elena @lumiworx Same. Just don't have the same confidence anywhere else.