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The problem is that, while improved development technology does raise the floor, it also raises the ceiling, so equality don’t improve. Some of us could host 2
by notriddle 6y ago
The problem is that, while improved development technology does raise the floor, it also raises the ceiling, so equality don’t improve.
Some of us could host 2005 YouTube out of pocket, but it’s 2020, and people with fast connections expect 1080p video now, so it remains impossible for individuals to compete with corporations.
- worldsayshi 6y agoYeah, that's a good point. I kind of expect that the ceiling should pop off at some point though. But I can't make a good argument for that. Like, will it always make sense to add things to YouTube or will a more decentralised approach make more sense? Will single responsibility principle make sense at that scale? Can infrastructure costs be shifted around in flexible ways? Etc. But yeah it's telling that Facebook was initially looking for a much more decentralised approach but gave up on it when adapting to reality and economics.