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Bluesky Might End Up Defeating Twitter Once and for All (slate.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The bridge is necessary because BlueSky and Mastodon cannot federate, and they never will be able to. ActivityPub and ATProto are different protocols.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago

"Never" is a strong word. API translation is a technical hurdle, but rarely an insurmountable one. If Blue Sky wanted to add an ActivityPub interface to their platform, they probably could.

This issue isn't technical per se; it's a matter of priorities. Blue Sky doesn't want to federate with Mastodon/Threads, because they want users to switch to their platform.