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  • Otter@lemmy.catoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlWhat's wrong with bluesky?
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    2 days ago

    https://lemmy.ca/comment/12906744

    I talked about it in this comment, which should hopefully still be recent enough to be accurate

    It’s still too soon to tell what they will do. It’s totally possible that they will take the necessary steps to be properly decentralized by transferring control of the registry + protocol to an independent non profit.

    Right now I feel that they don’t have much of an incentive to do that, since the vast majority of their users won’t care.

    I would love to be proven wrong



  • Cool :)

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  • Sounds similar to the case with Jellyfin & Findroid (and likely Swiftfin)

    The official Jellyfin app has full functionality, but it feels clunky. Especially for casual users.

    The native third party app is smooth, intuitive, and visually nice, but is missing a few features (ex. Admin dashboard).

    What I’ve seen recommended was:

    • Findroid (and likely Swiftfin) for daily use
    • Keep the official Jellyfin app installed for when it is needed