Reading this thread, I cannot help but think there's a gulf developing (or that has developed) between #AcitivityPub and old-school #fediverse peeps and most of the developers looking to do things on the fediverse.
I'm no fan of #mastodon 's dominance, but standardising a microblogging API around the foundation laid by mastodon and adopted (it seems) by many makes a lot of sense.
The "gulf" seems to be whether AP is "everything" or a "starting point"
— Decentralized
Like #Mastodon, #Bluesky intents to be decentralized. This means that not Bluesky as a company will be part of it, but others can also join in.
The exciting part is that this is happening on multiple levels: where your data is stored, and how your feed is composed for your timeline.
Note: Right now the devs are working hard on making this happen, while currently everyone invited is on the same server.
It’s not just for profit, they actually have had ActivityPub expertise when deciding on this route.
This is the way it has always been in IT. When an existing solution isn’t a silver bullet, new potential solutions arise, fail, merge, etc. It’s evolution.