> [Bluesky] can't easily be taken over by an authoritarian billionaire creep

It definitely can. Bluesky is not as decentralised as you think.

https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/

A lot's changed since 2024. The decentralization primitives were always in place, but now they're being actively used. Hosting your own PDS is quite viable if you're tech-inclined, or check out Blacksky.

There's also rumors that the W European social network launched a few days ago is built on ATProto.