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• muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Really, I swear I saw something the other day claiming otherwise. Ie each instance admin needs to sign a contract or something with bluesky? And hows the account creation is that centralised?

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  • Blisterexe@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Basically bluesky works with pds’s, that host account data, (i actually host my own), appviews, which manage the post sorting/algorithm and ui, and relays, that sit between the two and make it easier (theyre not strictly necessary, but make At-proto services much faster and more reliable).

    Relays are expensive, and so bluesky’s relay is the only real one currently, not because theyre shutting other people out, because a relay is expensive. So currently you kind of have to use bluesky’s servers to use the AT protocol, but thatll change whenever someone has the resources to setup a good relay.

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