This is true but still, Bluesky enables things that X just cannot.
I've spend hours building a website (1) that counts which members of the French parliament still actively tweet on X, and which actively use Bluesky.
The "analyse.ts" script for X did have to go through scraping, in a real browser connected to a real account. It got blocked every 30 or so profile views...
The Bluesky script was a delight, using the open no-credentials API (2).
Of course the Bluesky company can shut down their website or their API. But still, what this openness permits today is a significant difference from what X ever permitted. Their abstractions will stay and could be leveraged by another company with a team of 10 experimented developers.
I've spend hours building a website (1) that counts which members of the French parliament still actively tweet on X, and which actively use Bluesky.
The "analyse.ts" script for X did have to go through scraping, in a real browser connected to a real account. It got blocked every 30 or so profile views...
The Bluesky script was a delight, using the open no-credentials API (2).
Of course the Bluesky company can shut down their website or their API. But still, what this openness permits today is a significant difference from what X ever permitted. Their abstractions will stay and could be leveraged by another company with a team of 10 experimented developers.
1. The website is https://politix.top. Feel free to fork it for your own country. 2. Here is the Bluesky script https://github.com/laem/politix/blob/master/analyseBluesky.t...