I think it could actually make a very large difference. indicates there is large demand for journalism that has been artificially choked off by monopolist platforms
One big thing everyone is learning with BlueSky is just how frog-boiled we all were with link-capture. We just accepted links will be downgraded, hidden, redirected and finally opened in the app (not the browser) to steal ad revenue.
I would love to follow some accounts that are article weirdos. The people who share stuff from like Texas Monthly or The Daily Papua Guinean. Hit me up. Distinct lack of articles in my feed.
Every app having a barebones "browser" that you can't navigate properly with and takes 3-4 clicks to get out of is what I think of when I hear "enshittification". That, and putting a camera mode in an app that doesn't need a camera just to suck up permissions.
That browser is actually part of the mobile OS - loads of apps use it to deliver the entire app. The whole thing could run in the browser, but they have to wrap it in a mini browser so that they can break out of the socials' web views and maybe even trap you in their own (and get those permissions)
The browser rendering engine bit is fine, plenty of desktop apps do it too, it's the capture bit that's toxic. FB started it, Apple massively profits from it, we've ended up with a cartel of shit app stores and ad monopolies.
I think BlueSky might break it though... https://bsky.app/profile/k17.dev/post/3lcamilzsrs2g
Oh, of course. I don't expect them to reinvent the wheel. Browsers are amazing at what they do, and it only makes sense to use them as a framework for a web-based app.
What I don't want is an app that's engineered to not look like a browser suddenly try to be my browser.
Yeah, but also: any remotely worthwhile political system would have recognised the cartels and broken them up. If the US had responded to FB 15 years ago the way it's responding to TikTok now, for instance.
I think some ads would be fine, particularly if you can buy an ad-free model a la YouTube premium. what would be NOT fine is a black box algorithm that prioritizes engagement, but they have promised not to do that
just joined last night and it really does feel like better twitter, mainly because there's actual people on here. posts are getting more than 10 likes, how wild is that
Still a fraction of the traffic of X, and everything here is policed so no freedom to say anything against the currently approved narrative. That's a poor model, and it won't last. Great place for laughs though
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I realise saying that's incredible comes from a really sad and depressing world where that happens on twitter and threads, but still
It really is incredible
I think BlueSky might break it though...
https://bsky.app/profile/k17.dev/post/3lcamilzsrs2g
What I don't want is an app that's engineered to not look like a browser suddenly try to be my browser.
It depends on the extent of the ads. YouTube is unusable without adblock. Reddit is annoying but still tolerable - for now.
So if it ends up like YouTube I'll use AdBlock and if that doesn't work that great like e g. on twitch I walk.
Let Elon eat the 44 billion
Been here for a few hours, and got immediate responses.
Go Blue Sky :D