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No. Protocol based Internet was the right idea - walled gardens are nation states recreated on the Internet.
by rasengan 6y ago
No. Protocol based Internet was the right idea - walled gardens are nation states recreated on the Internet.
- fastball 6y agoHumanity in general started out much more open too, but we all moved to nation-states fairly quickly, because they are more stable and resilient in the long run. Decentralized stuff is great, but it has a hard time competing with the efficiency of centralization.
- netsharc 6y agoWell, as has often been said, we now have cloud feudalism. The lord in the castle decides what's okay today in his domain, and his incompetent and inconsistent henchmen might throw you out for no reason, not even allowing you to take your belongings. You try to object, but no one is there to listen, only when many in the community (or people who has friends in the castle) raise enough noise, could you get a hearing. (Compare this to losing your access to your Google or Facebook account). If the providers of the world can move to something like a democracy, with checks and balances and appeals processes (and not just banishment, deleting everything you have) that would be welcome.
- Nasrudith 6y agoWhy not both? The beauty of the internet is a lack of spatial constraints or need for mutual exclusivity. The benefit of walled gardens is seamlessness. The benefit of open protocols is to be able to take control, extend, and experiment.