it's pretty lucrative to own infrastructure anywhere commerce is happening the investors will get their return, but I'm hoping atproto means the investors and users will see more equitable value from the tech 🤞
I’m hoping for the same, but… where does the “value from the tech” come from? There’s plenty of innovative work the team are doing (technically speaking, and implementation/execution-wise) but the value _only_ they offer in the long run (given sites like this one, built on ATProto 💙) seems to be the Relays (they *require* scale to work well) and high scale hosting (Bluesky’s stated subscription service plan of higher quality videos etc). Storing data is a tough sell, as there’s only so much we all need for an “in the moment” platform. Controlling the information flow (ie. The Relay)? I can see *lots* of value for a company there, but in controlling it and/or marketing to people using it (the usual, old school, tech tactics). This is what worries me! I hope there’s something I’ve missed, or something we can *make* value from for them that’s aligned with openness!
i'm hoping the data attached to identity design creates extra power for the user inherently my understanding is not complete, but i think a music streaming service on atproto would potentially request the media from the identities of artists/labels rather than hosting it themselves i'm fairly convinced that this would change the dynamic remains to be seen how that materializes
