I used to think so, too. Over the winter, though, someone here on HN pointed me towards Beaker Browser and Dat. (For a completely unrelated problem. Turns ou

I used to think so, too. Over the winter, though, someone here on HN pointed me towards Beaker Browser and Dat. (For a completely unrelated problem. Turns out, it works pretty well as a solution to this problem, too.) It seems likelier that a P2P web based on Dat (or something like it) will gain adoption in the large before getting embedded devices manufacturers (a) to willingly take on the role required here, and (b) to get it right, which are each big asks on their own. There's also the hidden third problem (c): getting the masses to actually go out and upgrade a piece of hardware that would actually support this kind of thing. It's a lot easier to just download a new browser (or an update for their current browser) and sign up for a service that will act as an always-on peer on your behalf—for exactly the same reason that the centralization of the Web happened in the first place.