This neither centralizes nor decentralizes. It’s exactly just as centralized as before (which, as they are one company, is total).

Whether Bluesky issues a checkmark, or whether Bluesky tells someone else that they are trusted (by Bluesky), and thusthis can also issue them, Bluesky osis the one who is in control of checkmarks.

Unless Bsky sets up some kind of decentralized council that they don’t control to manage this list, it’s just a form of deputization , and deputies are all subordinate to the ‘sheriff’.