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Facebook won't be able to buy up a distributed open-source p2p alternative.
by em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
Facebook won't be able to buy up a distributed open-source p2p alternative.
- pat2man 9y agoA p2p alternative isn't likely to be able to compete due to the massive income generated by Facebook's advertising platform.
- em3rgent0rdr 9y agoNot necessarily. For instance, Facebook still can't get rid of email.
- xj9 9y agoactually, that's the point of p2p: it doesn't cost developers anything. I don't have to "win" at market share to make it either, just enough mass to develop a self-sustaining community of users and developers. I don't have to make a ton of money for it to be worth it either. my infrastructure costs are effectively zero, so I'm really paying for my time. I can use liberapay and crypto to take donations/tips, I can sell my expertise in p2p as a contractor, &c. the most important point is that I can keep going indefinitely as long as I don't get bored, because you can't outspend me if it doesn't cost me anything to keep going.
- yequalsx 9y agoI suspect that state actors won’t allow such a system to reach critical mass.
- quickthrower2 9y ago> a distributed open-source p2p alternative Like talking to people, in real life: face to face? They're making a dent in that.