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We’ve seen more people asking about this lately. Pinksky is just a photo visualizer. It doesn’t store data or create accounts. Anyone on Bluesky appears there automatically because the profiles are public. That's how it technically works and its the main difference from other social apps.

We considered creating an "opt-out" from Pinksky, but it would go against ATProto's core nature. Some people enjoy seeing photos, others videos or text. Fragmenting it would be like returning to the “silos” that traditional social media have built. It’s a very tough discussion.

atproto is about user choice (imo) and apps not giving opt-out will drive more people to put everything in private data so apps cannot do this "core nature" of atproto.com means different things to different people. "public-permissionless" is not it, with the inevitable private data that is coming

As mentioned, it’s a tough discussion. ATProto is actually about “opting in” to different app views, and Bluesky app view is public. Pinksky isn’t an app view, it’s just a client. Blocking it would be like preventing others from viewing your posts on @deck.blue, for example.