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This is probably not the response you wanted, but I think it's an argument for decentralized and federated services, along with self-hosting.
by rubatuga 6y ago
This is probably not the response you wanted, but I think it's an argument for decentralized and federated services, along with self-hosting.
- lovecg 6y agoI admittedly don’t know much about this space, but there must be a reason these solutions didn’t take off (I don’t know whether it’s fundamental scaling issues, lack of a centralized group driving product design, or just lack of user interest as existing solutions are “good enough” + network effects). But if the market is failing to select for these approaches it seems that the only way forward is to shape the market rules somewhat. Outright banning everything centralized seems heavy-handed to me, so it might be that the only practical outcome is less centralization we have now, but not none.
- michaelmrose 6y agoDecentralized solutions are hard, harder to monetize, complicated for users to deploy. Historically users who don't care about their privacy much, are incapable of hosting themselves because their isp sucks and they are technically illiterate, and have little chance of being banned.