The entire point of atproto (which Bluesky is a demo for) is that when they betray us, we can keep our identity and followers and move on. Power in user hands not only makes the worst-case better, but it also changes the calculus for a service that's considering making anti-user moves and makes them far less appealing.

Bluesky the company/app certainly isn't perfect, but the model they pioneer is very much designed to help fix this exact problem.

I wonder how many more cycles will it take before people stop believing that “this new platform will be different than the other ones”?