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Decentralization on this social network context means to have users accessing data from other users even when other third-parties don't want you to. That platf
by nunobrito 2y ago
Decentralization on this social network context means to have users accessing data from other users even when other third-parties don't want you to.
That platform is (today) a centralized walled garden. As others detailed, it is difficult for anyone to add new servers and even more difficult to convince the official client to support them.
It is a complete contrast to NOSTR that has zero official servers and zero official clients to access the data. It has hundreds of relays from different people, along with several clients from different developers that compete for your preference.
- GaryNumanVevo 2y agoThere are already alternative clients that support custom AppViews and relays
- nunobrito 2y agoDescribed as "3rd party client" and which aims as goal to connect with NOSTR: https://docs.bsky.app/blog/feature-skyfeed https://docs.bsky.app/blog/feature-skyfeed Twitter also had 3rd party clients until one day they turned off the switch. Around NOSTR there are no labels as "3rd party clients" because they can't lock down your data with the push of a switch nor block your use of the platform.
- GaryNumanVevo 2y agoWhat's not to understand here? The PDS isn't a relay, it's a repository. The data layer is decoupled from the message passing layer, that's it.
- nunobrito 2y agoThat's decoupling, not decentralization.
- pfraze 2y agoWhat are you talking about? It’s not difficult to add servers or get the official client to use them.