> We have billions of data points conclusively showing that users don't care about nerd fantasies. No one cares if it's decentralized or not, if it's open source or not, if it's patent-encumbered or not. Maybe there are good philosophical reasons why people should care, but they don't.

This is focused on the technical aspects as if this is why people go to the big platforms. It is not the why for where they are or where they will go.

(1) The big platforms came first, most people don't know there are different ways for humans to organize social media.

(2) They have desires to leave for greener pastures, they know these companies don't have their best interest in mind.

We need a viable alternative and ATProto is in the best position right now. I have been able to get people excited and even create an account, knowing that the better way forward is still very young and a work in progress. I talk to them about features at the conceptual level, never about federation or any of that gobbledygook that they don't understand or want to