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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 82 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This list seems a bit flawed, for instance on the travel line, Trivago is owned by Expedia in the US and Booking is headquartered in Amsterdam.

Also including BlueSky seems a little odd given the intent

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago

Trivago isn't completely "owned" by Expedia, but Expedia does own a majority of the company stock. Its headquarters are in Germany, and 100% of its employees are there.

Booking.com is 100% owned by Priceline, a US company. They also have a long string of international controversies.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Re Bluesky I did some "I am not a lawyer" digging.

Bluesky is owned by "Bluesky Social PBC", a Public Benefit Company registered in Delaware.

Generally speaking it means when decisions about the company are made, they must take into account how that decision benefits their stated public value. I struggled to find the specific value wording, but let's assume it's a reasonable one for the time being.

Unfortunately being a PBC is basically voluntary, especially when you're still a private company. You can become a non-PBC with a simple board vote. (A public company would require a stockholder vote.)

Bluesky's board consists of four members, one of which is Bain Capital, aka the company funding Bluesky.

So Bluesky is absolutely a better alternative to Twitter. If everyone left Twitter and moved to Bluesky that would be a monumental improvement.

However Bluesky is not a non-profit company, as the above graphic states.

[–] redacted2@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

bluesky is just Xlite.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Huh, Bain is Romney's group. Didn't know they were involved there.