real open source does not imply any of that.. Real open source is any software with a license that obey the four freedoms.. 1 - freedom to view the source 2 -

real open source does not imply any of that.. Real open source is any software with a license that obey the four freedoms.. 1 - freedom to view the source 2 - freedom to use 3 - freedom to modify 4 - freedom to distribute your modified version Bluesky use the MIT license that does comply with the freedoms above, so it is real open source.. Also, it use a open protocol as well.. so nothing is stopping you from deploying your own instance [1] and use their app to connect to it.. then you will have all your data freely accessible as you want.. [1] https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds