Bluesky's Enshittification Risk

September 15, 2025: As of recently the Blacksky project seems to have successfully launched independent implementations of the core parts of the ATProto stack (a personal data store, a relay, and an app) that allow someone to interact with Bluesky users while not using Bluesky. Another effort, Northsky , is underway as well. At the moment, Bluesky still controls the overwhelming majority of the…