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Wait but goog fb and amzn have been aggressively trying to capture global markets. They have been increasing the footprint, does not that count for % increase f
by cryptozeus 7y ago
Wait but goog fb and amzn have been aggressively trying to capture global markets. They have been increasing the footprint, does not that count for % increase from 2014 to 2017 ?? Does not make sense ..point about web is dying is opinionated. Today I can watch Netflix, order from doordash and connect with my family through FaceTime. All via web.
- shadowgovt 7y agoYep. Author is romanticizing the "democratic" web of the time before facilitating companies simplified the process of getting and being online. The reality I remember is that it wasn't a democracy; it was a technocracy and the barrier to entry was high. It still is; hosting one's own full-fledged web server that is secure and reliable has only grown in complexity in the past decade, improvements like Docker notwithstanding, and it's no wonder average users have flocked to Facebook, Google, and Amazon for simplicity of access. To take Facebook as example, people seem to often forget that the primary feature Facebook offers the average user is simple low-cost blogging of small thoughts and reliable auto-aggregation of those blogs. No fussing about with running one's own RSS feed or managing RSS subscriptions. If the "web is dying," it's dying like a wooly mammoth---ill-suited to a changing climate. The mentioned companies created an ecosystem where the fundamentals of communication, location, and commerce can be accomplished without the technology getting in the way. It's no surprise users flock to them.
- BlueTemplar 7y agoDon't know about doordash, but Netflix and FaceTime are clearly NOT part of the Web. (They are still part of the Internet of course.)