They actually sell a service where you can buy a domain name and have it set as your username.

It’s not centralized, it’s also not a federated network like AP. It’s just a different design.

Not quite true. You can host your own personal data store (PDS), run your own labelling service, and you can host your own feeds.

The big relays and app views are the only thing that aren’t really supported by the official app yet.

I’d like to see them try if only to see what software they integrate into the device. Apple excels when they control hardware and software top to bottom and a controller would really benefit from that. One button game capture and share, or a special game specific UI when the controller connects? Or Siri language processing maybe? Some mag safe integrations? Multiplayer messaging and calling integrated into iMessage (don’t need a controller for that but whatever).

If Apple really wanted to make the iPhone a game console I’d be all in if they were, but I really can’t stand the half asses approach they are taking now. It can play RE8 natively? Cool! I’ll never touch it if the gameplay with an actual controller is an afterthought!

Having said all that… the BackBone looks dope as hell and I want one. It’s what I would expect Apple would develop in house

Not while every game in the store uses terrible touch controls.

Sell an official controller and maybe a TV dock and then we’ll talk.

That frosted glass looks neat but I get the feeling the photos aren’t doing it justice. I’m looking forward to seeing them in person.

I’ve been following BlueSky closely for a while and I’ll just add a few points here:

1. There is currently a federation sandbox for developers, it’s definitely on the way but it is a significantly different model than AP. Severs are really “dumb” and it has an emphasis on using a handful of services to crawl the network and generate a pipeline of all posts.

2. Moderation and custom algorithms are also a part of the decentralized model. Custom algorithms are out now, and custom moderation services are also under development.

Having played with both AP and ATP a fair amount they definitely both have strengths and weaknesses, very different approaches to decentralized social networking.

I asked this in the original thread but I’ll repeat it here:

1. Are there any limitations with the ActivityPub protocol you find limiting? Do you have recommendations for future versions of the protocol?

2. Do you have any thoughts on the AT Protocol (a potential competitor to AP)?

I don’t know the answer for Lemmy, but I know this is something a number of Mastodon clients have implemented. It should be possible?