I am somewhat saddened to ascertain that most of this project is still rather somewhat under corporate twitter control. Oh boo.
I've spent less than an hour reviewing atproto. So far it has passed my sniff tests; seems legit decentralizing. But there's definitely room for gotchas I havent seen yet.
Thanks for detailing where the powers lie. So far, I'm still willing to attribute great intent & purpose. But it's important to consider, to know influences. Your post is much appreciated, evem if, for now, I believe it all, ascribe- hestinatly- to this system.