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We've been there before and history is just repeating itself because people are not insisting on decentralised technology and open standards. They've forgotten
by feanaro 6y ago
We've been there before and history is just repeating itself because people are not insisting on decentralised technology and open standards. They've forgotten (or have never known) the dangers of lock-in and are giving in to the allure of fancy web services. So we will burn ourselves again, until it becomes untenable, and then we will go into another cycle of decentralisation.
- smt88 6y agoFor social things, decentralization is always going to be a non-starter. I'm never going to be able to convince most of my friends to choose Mastodon over Twitter.
- feanaro 6y agoThings aren't sufficiently bad yet for the average person to consider doing this since the present way works well enough for them. These things happen gradually in the beginning, but after a critical mass of people have heard, considered and tried an alternative, it can become very quick. I don't think decentralization is inherently a non-starter and I don't see a convincing argument why it would have to be. It's a matter of marketing and UX.