This, right there. What FOSS fans fail to understand is that some apps feel like a jigsaw to use for people less experienced in technology. Some people barely have an idea about how browser cookies work, and they are expected to understand the concept of manually picking up a server to create an account on, and you would still not be connected to everyone.
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B312@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoThat’s exactly the thing, mastodon has all of these nerd things attached to it that most people won’t care about, whilst BlueSky doesn’t
P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 4 weeks ago
witten@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
People are also expected to understand the concept of manually picking a brand of toothpaste. My point is that if we can’t even expect a little consumer choice (the same consumer choice we have in the real world), then we deserve all the monopolization and centralization we get.
Also, selecting a Mastodon server isn’t like some scary technical choice. It’s like a vibe check and a signup form.
TheMachineStops@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
Yeah, Bluesky has both federation and ease of use, which is why many prefer it over Mastodon. Instead of making someone search for a server to join, Bluesky gives you a default server which makes it easier for less tech savvy users.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
bluesky does not have functional federation by any reasonable measure.
TheMachineStops@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
It is currently early access, but should be opened to everyone later. There is also a bridge that links Bluesky and Mastadon.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
A bridge is a tool for connecting things don’t connect, it is not federation.
The relay layer/app view forces you under the control of a centralized, the only thing meaningful about that kind of federation is hosting costs for processing and storing post data are offloaded onto the user.
Which when you think about it is actually pretty fucking insulting to the fediverse and what is trying to be when bluesky pretends it is aiming for federation and decentralization.