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RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116832021297021883 @_elena@mastodon.social finds w social's tech problem but the bigger problem still sits in the room like a non-mastodon elephant More ironic: European institutions moved their accounts to W Social in order to have their data "hosted in Europe" but aside from their PDS, everything affecting their accounts is still relying on American infrastructure owned by Bluesky PBC. At least when they had their accounts on Bluesky, they were on an open network whose code can be inspected. By moving to W Social, European institutions migrated their accounts from an open to a closed-source network whose infrastructure remains virtually the same, relying on Bluesky PBC's appview and relay.