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Ultimately, the web is centralized because the architecture of the internet (which it's built on) is created that way. In essence users aren't part of the netw
by bobajeff 10y ago
Ultimately, the web is centralized because the architecture of the internet (which it's built on) is created that way.
In essence users aren't part of the network the way servers are they are simply clients connected through a ISP. That's because routing is a difficult thing to do well without a planned structure.
It's hard enough to route between normal home wireless routers. Could you imagine the complexity involved in routing between wireless devices like Smartphones that physically move around, turn off all the time?
- wyager 10y ago> centralized because the architecture of the internet (which it's built on) is created that way. What are you referring to? In a hardware sense, the Internet is decentralized to a large degree. I think you mean that it's Federated, as there is a large degree of coordination within ISPs, but a fairly small degree of coordination (outside of a number of peering stations) across ISPs. Routing is difficult, but it's not as if there is some central authority managing all routing on the Internet. There are multiple redundant pathways for any given connection, and ISPs manage these things themselves using protocols like BGP. I wouldn't say the physical architecture of the Internet is decentralized, but it's certainly not centralized.