The distinction between #BlueSky and #ActivityPub is a fundamental contrast in values: BlueSky, backed by venture capital, aligns with a profit-powered approach that prioritizes monetization and control, much like traditional #dotcons. On the other hand, ActivityPub is a people-powered protocol rooted in #FOSS open-source principles and community development, to foster decentralized, #4opens #DIY paths. This contrast underscores the differing paths each protocol envisions for the future of the #openweb—profit-driven versus community-driven—each with its implications, economic, social and political.
@witchescauldron That's simply not true.
BlueSky and ActivityPub are engineered in fundamentally different ways, they operate in fundamentally different ways, with the first focused on users while the second is focused on instances.
The distinction has nothing to do with associations or backers. It's about how the code itself handles data and content.
And I think BlueSky is probably the direction a lot of us would prefer with the focus on users first, empowering users rather than centralizing around instances.
@volkris Agen have a read of the last line of my post.