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I don't get it... What is a pod and what's so great about it? Something about controlling your data... Storage space... Secure USB stick for the web? So I can

I don't get it... What is a pod and what's so great about it? Something about controlling your data... Storage space... Secure USB stick for the web? So I can mount it and add/remove files from it? Like dropbox or something? I clicked "Get a solid pod" and it asked me to register, which I did, after which it dumped me into some kind of "home page". Clicking "get started with solid and data browser" brings up instructions for creating notes and calendars and text files in a very primitive interface. There's no link to get back to the "home page" and the back button doesn't work because it's force-forwarding from an interim url. So is it like a primitive owncloud? What's it supposed to do that's valuable? What am I even looking at?

weavejester 8y ago
My reading of it is that it's a database you control that you can allow third-party web applications to use. So instead of the web application storing your data on their servers, they store it on yours. From the perspective of the end user it's useful because retain control over your data, so there's no barriers to switching to a competitor, for instance.