If I follow your concept “not being fediverse”, then Matrix or XMPP are not good because thy aren’t fediverse neither. I would disagree. Fediverse is only a part of the internet. Pinksky is linked to ATproto, which in deed is developped by the company Bluesky. If the company Bluesky is sold, then nothing forbid to build a new relay, however, the cost of building a full blown one is quite high. But smaller dedicated relay can be build. True that isn’t yet happening. PDS can be hosted privately already, and there are thousands non-bluesky-tied servers. Apps like Pinksky exsist and are not tied with the company Bluesky. The only part that is currently worrying me is the PLC server. Remember the very beginning of fediverse when it was under StatusNet Inc. It’s only years later that it became decentralised as we know it today. StatusNet Inc. could have it enshitiffied multiple times. I may be an optimist, the company Bluesky can go wrong, but can do right too.

« They » is « a full-stack developer whose work has largely focused on working with web technologies ». You show you dislike lone developers building their own apps.

Oh, ok for the explanation. I didn’t know about the name change. You can find on jounpeertube too. It’s only talking about plateform.

Your list shows that out of currently 986 known instances only 6 are federated to more than 500 platforms. That not a lot, and show peertube is very fragmented.

You should explain what you mean with “Peertube platforms”, are they instances or something else ? I’m curious to know how you know they federated to x number of other “platforms”. Is is shown on each “platforms” anywhere ?

That’s a huge task you are doing ! Kudos