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I wish them well. Problem with their approach is that their marketing pitch is all wrong. There is no demand for what they are selling because there is no val

I wish them well. Problem with their approach is that their marketing pitch is all wrong. There is no demand for what they are selling because there is no value in what they are selling. The value comes from network effect and at the beginning there is no value, just cost. Mainstream users don't care and companies either don't care or don't like of that kind of talk. Inrupt should start with completely different sales pitch and product idea. They should delay the privacy talk and user owned data until they are bigger. Start with smaller IoT companies. Provide and market actual services they want. Mostly they want automatic data management, cloud services on cheap. They want to avoid any EU privacy hassles. Handle all that, I18n and internet user interfaces for them. Provide mobile and desktop clients. Just provide simple apis and ready made interfaces for companies to use. Once the protocol and pods become normal users start to discover that they own the data and third party uses and products for that data may emerge.

cmiles74 7y ago
I would go further and recommend two or three targeted websites. Maybe one targeted at developers who would like to cater to a more security conscious market, small though that may be, and get some applications in the field. Another site for the public focused more on what they can do, maybe promoting applications. I understand they want to get word out on their larger cause but it's just so abstract for most people. IMHO, get people using the apps built on the platform until the sharing of data between those apps becomes a compelling reason of its own. Perhaps another targeted at the public in general that speaks in more concrete terms to advantages they can provide. This would be an uphill battle but things like the Target and Eqifax Brach clearly show the current model has problems.

cmiles74 7y ago

I would go further and recommend two or three targeted websites. Maybe one targeted at developers who would like to cater to a more security conscious market, small though that may be, and get some applications in the field. Another site for the public focused more on what they can do, maybe promoting applications. I understand they want to get word out on their larger cause but it's just so abstract for most people. IMHO, get people using the apps built on the platform until the sharing of data between those apps becomes a compelling reason of its own. Perhaps another targeted at the public in general that speaks in more concrete terms to advantages they can provide. This would be an uphill battle but things like the Target and Eqifax Brach clearly show the current model has problems.