[retropragma]

Someone could make a backup script wrapped in a GUI, but then people would have to see the "need" in order to start using it.

The bigger danger would be AT Protocol losing its biggest contributor. Unless another VC backed team appeared to fill their shoes, the protocol would stagnate and communities would slowly deteriorate. Hope is critical early on in a protocol's rise to prominence.

[verdverm]

These services already exist as well as multiple copies of the entire network.

My hope is that we find another path forward (!VC) for most apps on ATProto. Small social with lifestyle funding (sustainable indie) is what I dream of.