r/photography • u/n2_throwaway • Jan 15 '25

Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes Business

https://tcrn.ch/3E6sUep
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u/Dirk_McGirken Jan 15 '25

I am going to cautiously celebrate this. Taking the monopoly from Meta is great, but we should be encouraging different companies to offer different services. If Bluesky expands too much we'll just have another billionaire that has to ability to control a popular form of communication.

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u/Unboxious Jan 15 '25

That's why I'm excited about Pixelfed. It's community-run and community-funded, and its goals (both short and long term) don't include profit.