Architecture view of BlueSky. It shows how the Relay sits in-between data storage and app view and thus for a centralised element.

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   Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 00:18:43 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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   It's well hidden, but the relay system is the centralised part.

   The posts you see come from the AppView. The AppView gets its data from the Relay. The Relay gets its stuff rom the PDSes. So you always go through the relay. No direct connection from AppView to PDS. Yes, they promise that in future you might be able to run your won relay. But right now and since its inception, Bluesky rund the only relay system you can connect to. I call that centralised.