By David Buchanan, 28th July 2025 An ATProto account lives on a Personal Data Server (PDS), and that service needs to be hosted somewhere by someone. There are a lot of options here, like a Raspberry Pi in your closet, a rented VPS in a datacentre, or a batteries-included service like bsky.social. Each option has its pros and cons, but whichever you choose, you should be able to change your mind at any time, even if your current PDS hosting provider doesn’t want that to happen. Maybe your provid...