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You're making a category error. IPFS (and friends—like Dat) are analogous to HTTP. Would you call HTTP a silo? No; services like Facebook and Google Drive ar
by carussell 9y ago
You're making a category error. IPFS (and friends—like Dat) are analogous to HTTP. Would you call HTTP a silo? No; services like Facebook and Google Drive are silo-y, but HTTP is not. The people working on the P2P web are just trying to make some design choices at the protocol level that facilitates its use in a more decentralized way than the services that HTTP has encouraged to flourish.
- tomc1985 9y agoContent under HTTP can be thought of as siloed if the user doesn't have an HTTP client. Same effect no?
- jake_the_third 9y agoI don't think so. Everything would be a silo by that definition. A better way to think about it is that silo is something who's owner can cut you off. HTTP is a protocol where ownership does not apply.