More good news for those looking to exit Meta's social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a

Follow Meta's fact-checking changes, Bluesky is creating Flashes, a photo sharing app that could potentially replace Instagram for many.

Thankfully, despite the fickle nature of most app users, Bluesky seems to have managed to break through and become a really promising alternative. And thanks to the fundamental nature of its open protocol, anyone can build their own apps that piggyback off the Bluesky social graph.

Bluesky is becoming an X replacement. Now Instagram is also under attack. Flashes app becomes a platform for photos.

Bluesky has launched Flashes, a new free photo and video-sharing app that aims to challenge the major social media platforms and offer users a decentralised alternative.