"this disruption is being done on a shoestring budget—Bluesky has just 20 employees and about $23 million in funding, as compared to Meta’s 70,000+ workers and $156 billion in annual revenue." https://prospect.org/power/2025-01-06-bluesky-proves-stagnant-monopolies-strangling-internet/
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I like Bluesky because it shows me only posts from people and organizations I follow - but I worry that its current business model may not be sustainable.
Settle down, penis! They’re just memes. Have a nice day💙
Wikipedia is basically the only major internet utility that has found a way to do this right cause it doesn't care about profits.
I think every major tech platform could operate at 15% of its expenses and be sustainable; they won't be as profitable though (amusingly, Twitter is prime example of this)
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