I don't see how Bluesky is sustainable. Who's paying for hosting the main instance of Bluesky? Who's paying for the firehose? How long will this last?
>We believe that there must be better strategies to sustain social networks that don’t require selling user data for ads. Our first step in another direction is paid services, and we’re starting with custom domains...
>...
>We’re partnering with Namecheap, a popular domain registrar, to offer a service for easy domain purchasing and management.
Blockchain Capital
https://www.blockchaincapital.com/blog/bluesky-13m-users-and...
So that's an investor, but it's not a revenue or profit model. The article notes:
> The future for Bluesky includes expanding their go-to-market efforts, building out their product roadmap with new features like subscription-based profile customizations, and further engaging with their growing developer community, all while maintaining their commitment to a free and accessible platform.
Is "subscription-based profile customizations" a sufficient revenue model? The investor will at some point want a return.
It’s a solid business model just like the Underpants Gnomes from South Park…
1. Build Twitter clone
2. ???
3. Profit