Yes, as soon as 99%+ of the users aren't on the same server. That's the bottom line. We can argue theory all day but it doesn't change the implications of centralization.

Over the last few weeks hundreds of people have moved their accounts to the new blacksky.app PDS, and they're running an early version of their app at blacksky.community

I've spent...quite a bit of time intentionally looking for alternative ATP servers and this is the first time I've heard of this. And I'm balls deep in this stuff. I even run my own AP server. So I'd say it's so obscure as to be meaningless.

99.99% of the users are still on infrastructure run by Bluesky PBC...but looking at all the progress and activity, it sure seems to me that's in the process of changing.

My guy. LOL. No. Just no. It isn't.

so many people in the Fediverse present the fact that 99.99% of Bluesky users are still using infrastructrure run by Bluesky PBC as if it's a gotcha

I mean...yeah? It is.

They just prefer to invest their time and energy in working to improve the situation

And we prefer to invest our time and energy into supporting an actually decentralized protocol.

rather than arguing about the semantics of "decentralization."

At what point was anyone arguing semantics?

So can we please stop arguing about this already?

Yes, please, go ahead.