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> Thank goodness that we are close to having the tools we need to decentralize a broad array of the applications we use the internet for today. Having the tool
by Analemma_ 9y ago
> Thank goodness that we are close to having the tools we need to decentralize a broad array of the applications we use the internet for today.
Having the tools has never been the problem, getting people to use them is. You don't know the meaning of the words "total, utter disinterest" until you've tried to convince a non-technical person to use a federated alternative to Facebook.
- gfodor 9y agoBy "the tools" I mean in part "a way for there to be strong economic incentives and funding mechanisms" which I think is a relatively new phenomenon. Good design costs money because most people won't do it for free (as they would do other things as evidenced by OSS out there today.) The fact someone can run an ICO to fund the development of a well designed decentralized Facebook that once launched is effectively self-sustaining is encouraging.
- Karrot_Kream 9y agoOr even a Patreon to maintain a Mastodon instance