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GP suggested that IPFS might not want to openly circumvent a specific country's censorship system, and blog about it, and you're comparing not doing that to the
by inimino 9y ago
GP suggested that IPFS might not want to openly circumvent a specific country's censorship system, and blog about it, and you're comparing not doing that to the use of fake accounts by reddit? The issue is not as complicated as you're making it.
- jychang 9y agoWell, yeah. The consequentialist viewpoint is if IPFS fails to succeed because it jumped too early, then ZERO people benefit from it. That's arguably the greater sin. There's a saying, cutting off the nose to spite the face. That could apply here.
- bigbugbag 9y agoThe greater sin is not failing, as failing is expected on the road to success. The greater sin would be to not jump when the opportunity presents itself. Maybe look at it from a different point of view, if to someone in Turkey trying to access wikipedia it makes a difference then it's already a success. It's a question of where you want to dray the line, and maybe the consequentialist drawing the line when ipfs takes over the world and gets 3 billions daily users is far fetched.