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Mastodon sees a boost from the 'X exodus' too, founder says (techcrunch.com)

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[-] metaStatic@kbin.earth 75 points 10 hours ago

"...and does not depend on venture capital to survive,” wrote Rochko, subtly jabbing at one of Bluesky’s potential weaknesses with that last bit.

it wasn't a subtle jab, it's the primary reason everything else has gone to shit. it is the MAIN selling point of the fediverse.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 13 points 10 hours ago

Bluesky plans to generate revenue via subscriptions at some later point and by providing other paid services, like access to custom domains.

This looks like a very important point. I doubt we'll see true federation with "access to custom domains".

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 8 hours ago

Its so blatantly obvious that bluesky is already looking for ways to make profit. The enshittification cycles are getting shorter and shorter. Soon they will try to travel back in time to create even more shit.

[-] Technoguyfication@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 hours ago

From what I can gather, they aren’t selling the ability to link custom domains as your user handle. They are acting as a domain registrar to allow users to buy domains and link them to their handle in one step, then likely skimming some profits off the top. Imagine they sell a “custom username with domain” for $20 per year, they pay the wholesale fee (around $9 for a .com) and pocket the rest. That seems perfectly reasonable to me.