So, bluesky doesn’t work the same as the fediverse,
bsky.app is an appview. It doesn’t federate, it just aggregates data and indexes it.
A PDS stores data.
If you went to deer.social, and chose something like bsky.aenead.net as your hosting provider, you won’t be using any bluesky infrastructure.
But then will it still federate with Bluesky infrastructure and data?
Let me know if I’m being unreasonably Mastodon-centric here, but I guess my standard is if I can own* my own infrastructure but still federate data with the rest of the world. Without that federation, it’s cute but doesn’t really feel or act like the fediverse, you know?
So, bluesky doesn’t work the same as the fediverse, bsky.app is an appview. It doesn’t federate, it just aggregates data and indexes it. A PDS stores data.
If you went to deer.social, and chose something like bsky.aenead.net as your hosting provider, you won’t be using any bluesky infrastructure.
But then will it still federate with Bluesky infrastructure and data?
Let me know if I’m being unreasonably Mastodon-centric here, but I guess my standard is if I can own* my own infrastructure but still federate data with the rest of the world. Without that federation, it’s cute but doesn’t really feel or act like the fediverse, you know?
* Or use one of many trusted providers.