L. Rhodes on Nostr: People keep reacting to Blueksky VC news with variations on "now they're going to ...
People keep reacting to Blueksky VC news with variations on "now they're going to enshittify," but no. Not yet. VC funding is runway. It's time they can devote to user-friendly features that boost growth. For years to come, Bluesky will look and feel increasingly great. The bits they build in service to their investors will largely be invisible, or presented as optional—data harvesting and brokerage, engagement juicing, blockchain functionality, etc. Enshittification comes later, when the VCs try to wring a little extra juice from an investment that has peaked. It's the coming growth period, when everything seems awesome, that sets us up for that fall.
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