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Could you explain Urbit to your mother within a minute?
by 0xy 7y ago
Could you explain Urbit to your mother within a minute?
- gowld 7y agoIs there any person you could explain it to in a minute?
- jraines 7y ago“An operating system in a box that connects with others to provide (mostly in the future) the kind of networked services and apps you enjoy now, but with your data stored locally instead of on corporate servers” Easier than explaining bitcoin, honestly. No warrants made to mom or others on usability or service availability
- ashtonkem 7y agoMy mother fell asleep because I read that, it was that boring to non techies.
- duskwuff 7y agoHypothetical response: "An operating system? Is it better than Windows? What games does it have?" I'm not convinced that's an appropriate term to use here, even as part of a simplified explanation.
- defen 7y ago"Have you ever had a software update break your computer or an app you used, or have you ever had a website you love disappear from the internet? Imagine if that could never happen again."