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One thing at a time, I guess. #OpenWeb #NoWalledGardens
@beasts I stick by the walled garden assertion. They have justified it as securing email, but I don't believe that to be the motivator behind the scenes. As the saying goes "follow the money". There's no real benefit to Google in securing anyone. Dragging the world into a playing field under their control, however...
Uh-huh.
Looks like all that supposed protection offered by Bluesky is simply a Trojan horse for bringing in more corporate/institutional scamming and oligarchy.
Screenshot via @maleve
Attached: 1 image @[email protected] Took me a long time to come around to protocols over platforms. Never going back to any service modelled on creating value through disintermediation. Doctorow says it so succinctly https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys